Collective entrepreneurship in agricultural biogas Motivations and challenges

The paper studies the different forms of collective entrepreneurship in the field of agricultural biogas. Based on a documentary study of 75 projects in biogas and the analysis of four cases in the Greater West of France, the article identifies six models of collective entrepreneurship, based on the association of three types of actors: farmers, industries and local communities. The way in which groups are structured is described, analyzed and discussed.