Type of indicator

Quantitative

Relative dimension and aggregated criteria

Environmental sustainability: Abiotic resources conservation: Energy use

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of energy produced on the farm. It includes direct and indirect energy consumption. Please refer to the previous indicator for further detail on the estimation. This indicator is adapted from the Tailleur et al. (2020) technical report and the Pellerin et al. (2013) .

Indicator calculation

(𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 / 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 consumption) ∗ 100

Unit

Percentage

Indicator interpretation

Lower values indicate larger negative impacts on the environment.

Scale definition

Reference values

(%)

Scales Dexi

interpretation

References
32%            share for renewable energy >32 Very high + Based on the reference values of the European target: 20% of energy consumption from renewable energy (Energy-climate, 2006) and more than 27% in 2030 (Energy-climate, 2009)
[27; 32] High
27%    share            for

renewable energy

[20;27] Medium
20%    share            for

renewable energy

[10;20] Low
10%            share for renewable energy <10 Very low Based on the key 2030 targets in the EU climate and energy framework.

(European Commission, 2014)

References

Expert opinion adapted from the technical report (Arvalis et al., 2020) and the action 10 entitled: Reducing the energy consumption from building and equipment to limit direct CO2 emission (Pellerin et al., 2013)

Arvalis, Idèle, Ctifl, Ifv, Itavi, Ifip, inovia, T., 2020. GES’TIM+ : la référence méthodologique pour l’évaluation de l’impact des activités agricoles sur l’effet de serre, la préservation des ressources énergétiques et la qualité de l’air p. 560p.

Pellerin, S., Bamière, L., Angers, D., Béline, F., Benoît, M., Butault, J.P., Chen, C., Colnenne- David, C., De Cara, S., Delame, N., Doreau, M., Dupraz, P., Faverdi, P., Garccia-Launa, F., Hassouna, M., Hénault, C., Jeuffroy, M.H., Klumpp, K., Metay, A., Moran, D., Recous, S., Samson, E., Savini, I., Pardon, L., 2013. Quelle contribution de l’agriculture française à la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre ? Potentiel d’atténuation et coût de dix actions techniques. INRA, France, p. 92p.