17 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2020/2241(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have endorsed the goal of a climate-neutral economy by 2050climate neutrality as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest; whereas the Union needs to take more ambitious measures to tackle the climate crisis, with a view to limiting the increase in global temperature to 1,5oC above pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas energy system integration can keepreduce costs for European authorities and European citizens, within realistic and acceptable limithile ensuring an effective and deep decarbonisation of the European economy in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility and security of supply through the development of an circular, highly energy and resource efficient, integrated, resilient, smart and decarbonised, renewables-based and multi-modal system;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy which is not consumed; calls for making the energy efficiency first principle operational in all upcoming revisions of Union and national legislation and methodologies, notably for scenario and infrastructure planning and Cost Benefit Analysis;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member States and by the Union as a whole, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious targets, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; calls on the Commission to review the existing measures and adopt more targeted policies, especially in those sectors, like transport, where progress was insufficient; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the energy transition will require a massive expansion of renewable energy capacity, potentially accounting for between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop sustainable investment criteria and inclusive, integrated and realistic planning which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need fthe need for energy efficiency, system integration or new energy production, transmission, distribution and conversion infrastructure in order to optimise its use in a climate- neutral economy and to ensure its mid- and long-term economic viability;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the mass deployment of renewable and decarbonised energy; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious targets in order to increase the share of such energy in electricity generation, heavy industry, transport, construction, heating and cooling;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 11
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to propose ambitious targets for the decarbonisation ofzero- emission mobility in road, maritime, rail and air transport; welcomes the Commission’s announcement of the deployment of one million charging points for electric vehicles; stresses the need to adapt the electrification networks for Europe’snetworks for a fully electrified vehicle fleet in Europe;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 14
14. Notes that maintaining the balance of electricity grids and managing demand and production peaks will be more complex with an increasingly decentralised and renewable generation mix; recalls that Member States remain free to determine their energy mix, the diversity of which is fundamental to ensuring security of supplalso notes that citizen activation in the energy system can be crucial to this purpose; recalls that Member States shall ensure that all citizens have the right to produce, consume and store their own energy individually or as a community;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the role that greenenergy storage technologies, power to heat technologies and renewable hydrogen can play in balancing gridsthe energy system by using any surplus renewable electricity production;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to explore ways of further encouraging the development of a European market for demand-side flexibility; reiterates that citizens should always have the possibility of participating in and benefitting from all forms of demand-side flexibility, and should be encouraged to do so, especially in those sectors, like mobility, where active participation is crucial;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Ensuring energy accessibility for all consumeritizens
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is convinced of the need to encourage energy consumers to be more active; calls on the Commission to assess the remaining barriers to self-consumption, especially for industrial consumers, and adopt measures to ensure a level-playing field among distributor system operators; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to empower and engage citizens through the appropriate incentives and technologies, especially smart grids;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. ReiterateHighlights the potential of citizen energy communities and micro grids toin an integrated energy system, where they can develop access to more sustainable, affordable and shared energy, especially for remote areas, islands and the outermost regions;