The CULTURAS ENERGETICAS project seeks to analyse the life-cycle of the system agriculture / fuel production (renewable energy) / distribution and final consumption of energy, based on the use of crops which are appropriate from the ecological point of view to the various ecological and climatic realities of the Atlantic Area, having as main objectives rural development and the production of renewable energy, as well as the growth of sustainable development in economic activities. The principal objective of the project is to contribute to the replacement of fossil energy by renewable sources of energy of an endogenous character in the Atlantic Area.