Activities of Nils TORVALDS related to 2021/0218(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Renewable Energy Directive (debate)
Renewable Energy Directive (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652
Amendments (15)
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to reduce the administrative burden for producers of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels and for Member States, where voluntary or national schemes have been recognised by the Commission through an implementing act as giving evidence or providing accurate data regarding the compliance with sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria as well as other requirements set in this Directive, Member States should accept the results of the certification issued by such schemes within the scope of the Commission’s recognition. In order to reduce the burden on small installations, Member States should establish a simplified verification mechanism for installations of between 5 and 120MW.
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall collectively ensure that yearly biomethane production by 2030 is at least 35 billion cubic meters.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
EC 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that energy from biomass is produced in a way that minimises undue distortive effects on the biomass raw material market and harmful impacts on biodiversity, in their support schemes. . To that end , they shall take into account the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading principle referred to in the third subparagraph.
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
EC 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point (iii)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point (iii)
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
EC 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
By 2026 the Commission shall present a report on the impact of the Member States’ support schemes for biomass, including on biodiversity and possible market distortions, and will assess the possibility for further limitations regarding support schemes to forest biomass.;
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a – point ii
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/2001
Article 19 point 7
Article 19 point 7
(aa) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: "7. A guarantee of origin shall specify at least: (a) the energy source from which the energy was produced and the start and end dates of production; (b) whether it relates to: (i) electricity; (ii) gas, including(iii) hydrogen; or (iiiv) heating or cooling; (c) the identity, location, bidding zone, type and capacity of the installation where the energy was produced; (d) whether the installation has benefited from investment support and whether the unit of energy has benefited in any other way from a national support scheme, and the type of support scheme; (e) the date on which the installation became operational; and (f) the date, time period and congestion zone and country of issue and a unique identification number. Simplified information may be specified on guarantees of origin from installations of less than 50 kW. content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018L2001&from=FR#d1e2650-82-1)Member States or the designated competent bodies shall include information on the greenhouse gas footprint of the produced energy covering life cycle greenhouse gas emissions as an optional field on the guarantee of origin. Until the delegated act as referred to in the subsequent paragraph has been published, this this shall be mandatory. By … [one year after the entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 35 to supplement this Directive by specifying how to include information on a guarantee of origin related to the carbon footprint of the produced energy, with a focus on the development of a standardised calculation methodology. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20 a – paragraph 1 (New)
Article 20 a – paragraph 1 (New)
1. Member States shall require transmission system operators andor distribution system operators in their territory to make available information on the share of renewable electricity and the greenhouse gas emissions content of the electricity supplied in each bidding zone, as accurately as possible and as close to real time as possible but in time intervals of no more than one hour, with forecasting where available. Member States shall require distribution system operators to assist transmission system operators to gather needed information, in case the transmission system operator does not have access, according to national legislation, to all information needed. This information shall be made available digitally in a manner that ensures it can be used by electricity market participants, aggregators, consumers and end-users, and that it can be read by electronic communication devices such as smart metering systems, electric vehicle recharging points, heating and cooling systems and building energy management systems.
Amendment 848 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
To that end, an EU-wide risk mitigation framework shall be established by 31 December 2023 in order to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of renewable heating and cooling across the EU in a cost-effective manner. This will be used to support heating and cooling market maturity and guarantee schemes for Heat Purchase Agreements. The Risk Mitigation Framework will be managed by the European Commission, Member States and, if appropriate, an international financial institution.
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
EC 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) the share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX in the energy supplied to the transport sector is at least 0,2 % in 2022, 0,5 % in 2025 and 2,2 % in 2030, and the share of renewable fuels of non-biological origin is at least 2,6 % in 2030. Member States may exempt, or distinguish between, different fuel suppliers and different energy carriers when setting the obligation on the fuel suppliers, ensuring that the varying degrees of maturity and the cost of different technologies are taken into account.
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
EC 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 2
For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a) and the share referred to in point (b), Member States shall take into account renewable fuels of non-biological origin also when they are used as intermediate products for the production of conventionaltransport fuels. For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a), Member States may take into account recycled carbon fuels.
Amendment 995 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
EC 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3
When setting the obligation on fuel suppliers, Member States may exempt fuel suppliers supplying electricity or renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin from the requirement to comply with the minimum share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX with respect to those fuels. When setting the obligation referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph to ensure the achievement of the targets set out therein, Member States may do so, inter alia, by means of measures targeting volumes, energy content or greenhouse gas emissions, provided that it is demonstrated that the greenhouse gas intensity reduction and minimum shares referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph are achieved.
Amendment 1013 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish a mechanism allowing fuel suppliers in their territory to exchange credits for supplying renewable energy to the transport sector. Economic operators that supply renewable electricity to electric vehicles through public and private recharging stations shall receive credits, irrespectively of whether the economic operators are subject to the obligation set by the Member State on fuel suppliers, and may sell those credits to fuel suppliers, which shall be allowed to use the credits to fulfil the obligation set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph.;
Amendment 1253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a – paragraph 4
Article 31a – paragraph 4
4. IfWhen guarantees of origin have been issued for the production of a consignment of renewable gases, Member States shall ensure that those guarantees of origin are registered in the database and are cancelled beforeafter the consignment of renewable gases can be registered in the databis withdrawn from the European network for renewable gase.
Amendment 1286 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
EC 2018/2001
Annex V – point 18
Annex V – point 18
18. For the purposes of the calculations referred to in point 17, the emissions to be divided shall be eec + el + esca + those fractions of ep, etd, eccs and eccr that take place up to and including the process step at which a co-product is produced. If any allocation to co-products has taken place at an earlier process step in the life-cycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for those purposes instead of the total of those emissions. In the case of biogas and biomethane, all co-products that do not fall under the scope of point 7 shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation. No emissions shall be allocated to wastes and residues. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purposes of the calculation. Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D. In the case of biomass fuels produced in refineries, other than the combination of processing plants with boilers or cogeneration units providing heat and/or electricity to the processing plant, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 17 shall be the refinery;