174 Amendments of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Public funding should not support waste-to-energy, incineration, co- incineration and landfilling of municipal waste. Obligations on separate collection of waste and more ambitious reuse and recycling targets should lead to the abandon of waste-to-energy, incineration, co-incineration and landfilling of municipal waste.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy in 2030, calculated in accordance with this Directive, is at least its national overall target for the share of energy from renewable sources in that year, as set out in the fourth column of the table in part A of Annex I. Such mandatory national overall targets are consistent with a Union target of at least a 45 % share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall phase out any financial support for the extraction of energy from mixed municipal solid waste by 2021.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is thuNonetheless, in order to continue the steady growth in renewables, to ensure long term legal certainty and to promote further the research on new renewables, it's appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2745% share of renewable energy, accompanied by national binding targets. Member States should definmonstrate their contribution to the achievement of thisese targets as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Promoting renewable forms of energy is one of the goals of the Union energy policy. The increased use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and increased energy efficiency, constitutes an important part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Union 2030 energy and climate framework, including the binding target to cut emissions in the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, with a vision of a fully renewables based energy system by 2040. It also has an important part to play in promoting the security of energy supply, technological development and innovationhe geopolitical independence of the EU from imported fossil sources, technological development and innovation, in helping protecting the health and the environment, and providing opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas or regions with low population density.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The establishment of a Union and national binding renewable energy targets for 2030 would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors. A target defined at the Union level would leave greater flexibility for Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance with their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energy.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their sustainable potential of renewable energy sources and ofwhich must include spatial analysis of areas suitable for low ecological risk deployment and the potential for the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by, inter alia, ensuring a simplified and swift permit granting process, which shall not exceed one year from the date on which a legitimathe request for repowering is submitted to the single administrative contact point.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Repowering shall be allowed following a notification to the single administrative contact point established in accordance with Article 16, where no significant negative environmental or social impact is expected. The single administrative contact point shall decide within six months of the receipt of the notification if this is sufficient. compliance with The Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive and Habitats Directive requirements1a has been ensured, and where no significant negative environmental or social impact is expected. The single administrative contact point shall decide within six months of the receipt of the notification. _________________ 1aDirective 2014/52/EU amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects on the Environment, Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (SEA Directive) and Article 6(3/4) of Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to meet the commitments taken under the Paris Agreement, and to be on track to reach a fully renewables based energy system by 2040, the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union should be at least 45% by 2030.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall take the appropriate steps to develop transmission and distribution grid infrastructure, intelligent networks, storage facilities and the electricity system, in order to allow the secure operation of the electricity system as it accommodates the further development of electricity production from renewable energy sources, including interconnection between Member States and between Member States and third countries. Member States shall also take appropriate steps to accelerate authorisation procedures for grid infrastructure and to coordinate approval of grid infrastructure with administrative and planning procedures. Subject to requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, based on transparent and non- discriminatory criteria defined by the competent national authorities, Member States shall: (a) ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory guarantee the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; (b) provide for either priority access or guaranteed access to the grid-system of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; (c) ensure that when dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using variable renewable energy sources in so far as the secure operation of the national electricity system permits and based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria; (d) ensure the adoption of specific, transparent and non-discriminatory measures aimed at achieving the highest levels of security of the national electricity system; (e) ensure that appropriate grid and market-related operational measures are taken in order to minimise the curtailment of electricity produced from renewable energy sources.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2745% share of renewable energy. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance] accompanied by national binding targets.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part A
Annex I – Part A
National overall targets for the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 20230 A. N A. Binding national overall targets Share of energy from renewable Target for share of Target for share of energy from from renewable energy from renewable from renewable sources in gross final renewablesources in gross sources in gross final consumption of energy, 2005 consumptiongross final consumption of final consumption consumption of energy, energy, 2030 (S2030) of energy, 2005 2020 (S2020) (S2005) Belgium 2,2 % 13 % 13 %37% Bulgaria 9,4 % 16 % 16 % 33% Czech Republic 6,1 % 13 % 13 % 32% Denmark 17,0 % 30 % 30 %61% Germany 5,8 % 18 % 18 %45% Estonia 18,0 % 25 % 25 % 44% Ireland 3,1 % 16 % 16 % 45% Greece 6,9 % 18 % 18 % 43% Spain 8,7 % 20 % 20 %46% France 10,3 % 23 % 23 % 50% Croatia 12,6% 20% 20% 41% Italy 5,2 % 17 % 17 % 42% Cyprus 2,9 % 13 % 13 %38% Latvia 32,6 % 40 % 40 %61% Lithuania 15,0 % 23 % 23 44% Luxembourg 0,9 % 11 % 11 34% Hungary 4,3 % 13 % 33% Malta 0,0 % 10 % 38% Netherlands 2,4 % 14 % 14 % 40% Austria 23,3 % 34 % 34 % 58% Poland 7,2 % 15 % 15 % 34% Portugal 20,5 % 31 % 31 % 55% Romania 17,8 % 24 % 43% Slovenia 16,0 % 25 % 46% Slovak Republic 6,7 % 14 % 14 % 34% Finland 28,5 % 38 % 38 % 59% Sweden 39,8 % 49 % 49 % 74% United Kingdom 1,3 % 15 % 15 44%
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The starting point, the renewable energy potential and the energy mix of each Member State vary. It is therefore necessary to translate the Union 45 % target into individual targets for each Member State, with due regard to a fair and adequate allocation taking account of Member States' different starting points and potentials, including the existing level of energy from renewable sources and the energy mix. It is appropriate to do this by sharing the required total increase in the use of energy from renewable sources between Member States on the basis of an equal increase in each Member State's share weighted by their GDP, modulated to reflect their starting points, and by accounting in terms of gross final consumption of energy, with account being taken of Member States' past efforts with regard to the use of energy from renewable sources. (See wording of recital 15 of Directive 2009/28/EC)
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to support Member States' ambitious contributions to the Union in reaching their targets, a financial framework aiming to facilitate investments in renewable energy projects in those Member States should be established, also through the use of financial instruments.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues. Those support schemes should be given in line with the waste hierarchy, as defined by Directive 2008/98/EC and the principle of cascading use of biomass. As of 2021, Member states should not be allowed to provide financial support for the incineration of municipal waste as well as for co-incineration in cement kilns as those practices do not support the objectives of the circular economy.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The establishment of a Union and national binding renewable energy targets for 2030 would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors. A target defined at the Union level would leave greater flexibility for Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance with their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energy.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) To ensure that the mandatory national overall targets are achieved, Member States should work towards an indicative trajectory tracing a path towards the achievement of their final mandatory targets. They should establish a national renewable energy action plan including information on sectorial targets. In addition, Member States should set out measures to achieve those targets. Each Member State should assess, when evaluating its expected gross final consumption of energy in its national renewable energy action plan, the contribution which energy efficiency and energy saving measures can make to achieve its national targets. Member States should take into account the optimal combination of energy efficiency technologies with energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17, the Union sustainability criteria, the principle of cascading use of biomass, and the need to ensure that the Annex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, the Commission, when regularly evaluating the Annex, should consider the inclusion of additional feedstocksr exclusion of feedstocks based on their capacity to deliver significant GHG emission savings taking into account their life cycle assessment, indirect emissions related to any displacement effect, and making sure that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by- )products, wastes or residues. __________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to support Member States' ambitious contributions to the Union in reaching swiftly their targets, a financial framework aiming to facilitate investments in renewable energy projects in those Member States should be established, also through the use of financial instruments.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues. In the case of biomass sources where competition with material manufacturers may exist, support schemes prioritise material reuse over energy recovery. Policy measures adopted by the Union and the Member States in support of bioenergy production, and especially of energy from solid biomass, should always take into due account the principle of cascading use of biomass, resource efficiency, optimized use of biomass and the waste hierarchy as defined in Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) When designing support schemes, Member States and the respective national authorities, should be entitled to choose which technology to support, having regard to different criteria, including public acceptance, local benefits, diversification, land planning and the promotion of new renewables technology.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) Energy prices should reflect external costs of energy production and consumption, including, as appropriate, environmental, social and healthcare costs.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16c) Public support is necessary to reach the Union's objectives with regard to the expansion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. In particular for as long as electricity prices in the internal market do not reflect the full environmental and social costs and benefits of energy sources used and to the extent that electricity generation based on fossil fuels and nuclear continues to be subsidised in the EU.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The opening of support schemes to cross-border participation limits negative impacts on the internal energy market and cancould, under certain conditions, help Member States achieve theto achieve the national and Union targets more cost- efficiently. Cross-border participation is also the natural corollary to the development of the Union renewables policy, with a Union-level binding target replacing national binding targets. It is therefore appropriate to require Member States to progressively and partially open support to projects located in other Member States, and define several ways in which such progressive opening may be implemented, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including Articles 30, 34 and 110accompanying national binding targets.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive, and to include an estimate for indirect land- use changes in the calculation of GHG emissions.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of meeting the Union targets laid down in this Directive and to give flexibility to Member States to comply with their obligation not to go below their 2020 national targets after 2020, it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and to enable Member States to count energy from renewable sources consumed in other Member States towards their own renewable energy share. For this reason, cooperation mechanisms are required to complement the obligations to open up support to projects located in other Member States. Those mechanisms include statistical transfers, joint projects between Member States or joint support schemes.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64 a (new)
Recital 64 a (new)
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64 b (new)
Recital 64 b (new)
(64b) Accurate measurement of electricity consumed in road and rail transport should be developed, to ensure in the post 2030 era the possibility to measure correctly the amount of renewable electricity consumed in transport. This could be done by introducing obligatory on-board metering and anonymous data collection from connected cars.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It should be possible for imported electricity, produced from renewable energy sources outside the Union to count towards Member States’ renewable energy sharestargets. In order to guarantee an adequate effect of energy from renewable sources replacing conventional energy in the Union as well as in third countries it is appropriate to ensure that such imports can be tracked and accounted for in a reliable way. Agreements with third countries concerning the organisation of such trade in electricity from renewable energy sources will be considered. If, by virtue of a decision taken under the Energy Community Treaty18 to that effect, the contracting parties to that Treaty are bound by the relevant provisions of this Directive, the measures of cooperation between Member States provided for in this Directive should be applicable to them. __________________ 18 OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) The promotion of low carbon fossil fuels that are produced from fossil waste streams can also contribute towards the policy objectives of energy diversification and transport decarbonisation. It is therefore appropriate to include those fuels in the incorporation obligation on fuel suppliersshould be clear that those fuels cannot be considered as renewable energy and therefore cannot be incentivized under this directive.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) The lack of transparent rules and coordination between the different authorisation bodies has been shown to hinder the deployment of energy from renewable sources. The establishment of a single administrative contact point integrating or coordinating all permit- granting processes should reduce complexity and increase efficiency and transparency, including for renewables self-consumers and renewable energy communities. Administrative approval procedures should be streamlined with transparent timetables for installations using energy from renewable sources. Planning rules and guidelines should be adapted to take into consideration cost- effective and environmentally beneficial renewable heating and cooling and electricity equipment. This Directive, in particular the provisions on the organisation and duration of the permit granting process, should apply without prejudice to international and Union law, including provisions to protect the environment and human health.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) In order to facilitate the contribution by micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), including renewable energy communities, and individual citizens to the objectives set out in this Directive, authorisations should be replaced by simple notifications to the competent body for small renewable energy projects under 100 kW, including decentraliszed ones such as rooftop solar installations. Given the increasing need for the repowering of existing renewables plants, accelerated permit granting procedures should be set out.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) Feedstocks which have low indirect land use change impacts when used for biofuels, should be promoted for their contribution to the decarbonisation of the economy. Especially feedstocks for advanced biofuels, for which technology is more innovative and less mature and therefore needs a higher level of support, should be included in an annex to this Directive. In order to ensure that this annex is up to date with the latest technological developments while avoiding unintended negative effects, an evaluation should take place after the adoption of the Directive in order to assess the possibility to extamend the annex to new feedstocks.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Guarantees of origin issued for the purpose of this Directive have the sole function of showproving to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources. A guarantee of origin can be transferred, independently of the energy to which it relates, from one holder to another. However, wguarantees of origin are not support schemes, and therefore their transfer should not result in additional revenues for the party making the transfer. This would otherwise conflict with the original purpose of having guarantees of origin to provide transparency to consumers. With a view to ensuring that a unit of electricity from renewable energy sources is disclosed to a customer only once, double counting and double disclosure of guarantees of origin should be avoided. Energy from renewable sources in relation to which the accompanying guarantee of origin has been soltransferred separately by the producer should not be disclosed or sold to the final customer as energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, the Union and the Member States should only promote greaterenergy uses from sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of new forestry and agriculture production systemswaste and residue resources from timber and agriculture.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should ensure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of origin. However, those guarantees of origin should be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for electricity that received support, the guarantees of origin should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The production of agricultural raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, and the incentives for their use provided for in this Directive, should not have the effect of encouraging the destruction of biodiverse lands Such finite resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. It is therefore necessary to provide sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria ensuring that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels qualify for the incentives only when it is guaranteed that the agricultural or forest raw material does not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the agricultural or forest raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainiability criteria, where they are primary forests in accordance with the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in its Global Forest Resource Assessment, or where they are protected by national nature protection law. Areas where the collection of non-wood forest products occurs should be considered to be biodiverse forests, provided the human impact is small. Other types of forests as defined by the FAO, such as modified natural forests, semi- natural forests and plantations, should not be considered as primary forests. Having regard, furthermore, to the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, both temperate and tropical, including highly biodiverse savannahs, steppes, scrublands and prairies, biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels made from agricultural raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate criteria to define such highly biodiverse grasslands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international standards.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 72 a (new)
Recital 72 a (new)
(72a) To ensure that biofuel production does not create market distortion for feedstocks used by other manufacturing sectors, a sustainability criterion is introduced ensuring that biofuels from feedstocks already used for the production of food, animal feed and bio-based products are not promoted.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Guarantees of origin, which are currently in place for renewable electricity and renewable heating and cooling, should be extended to cover renewable gas. This would provide a consistent means of proving to final customers the origin of renewable gases such as biomethane and would facilitate greater cross-border trade in such gases. It would also enable the creation of guarantees of origin for other renewable gases such as hydrogen and bio- syngas.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holding level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24 as well as the relevant civil dialogue groups set up by Commission Decision 2013/767/EU of the 16th December 201324a. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14). 24aCommission Decision 2013/767/EU of 16 December 2013 setting up a framework for civil dialogue in matters covered by the common agricultural policy and repealing Decision 2004/391/EC (OJ L 338, 17.12.2013, p. 115–117)
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) When favouring the development of the market for renewable energy sources, it is necessary to take into account the positive impact on regional and local development opportunities, export prospects, social cohesion and employment opportunities, in particular as concerns SMEs and independent energy producers, including renewables self-consumers and renewable energy communities.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) The establishment of renewable energy communities represents an opportunity for collaboration between local and regional authorities and individual citizens or SMEs. Regional and local commitments to stimulating development of renewables and energy efficiency are currently supported through the Covenant of Mayors initiative and the development of sustainable energy and climate action plans. These efforts should be encouraged by Member States through, inter alia, the development of an assessment of potential for how local and regional authorities can work together with citizens to help contribute to the achievement of national renewable energy objectives, the establishment of objectives for renewable energy communities, and by encouraging regional and local authorities to set objectives for enabling renewable energy produced by local renewable energy communities.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) In order to minimise the administrative burden, the Union sustainability and greenhouse gas saving criteria should apply only to electricity and heating from biomass fuels produced in installations with a fuel capacity equal or above to 201 MW.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) With the growing importance of self-consumption of renewable electricity, there is a need for a definition of renewable self-consumers and a regulatory framework which would empower self-consumers to generate, store, consume and sell electricity without facing disproportionate and discriminatory burdens. Collective self- consumption should be allowed in certain cases so that citizens living in apartments for example can benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as households in single family homes. Enabling collective self- consumption also provides opportunities for renewable energy communities to advance energy efficiency at household level and help fighting energy poverty through reduced consumption and lower supply tariffs. Member States should seize on this opportunity by, inter alia, assessing the possibility for renewable energy communities to contribute towards the reduction of fuel poverty and to enable participation by households that might otherwise not be able to participate, including vulnerable consumers and tenants.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 201 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 201 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 81
Recital 81
(81) It is in the interests of the Union to encourage the development of voluntary international or a unique reliable international schemes that set standards for the production of sustainable biofuels, bioliquids, and biomass fuels and that certify that the production of biofuels, bioliquids, and biomass fuels meets those standards. For that reason, provision should be made for schemes should be recognised as providing reliable evidence and data, where they meet adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing. In order to ensure that the compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria is verified in a robust and harmonised manner and in particular to prevent fraud, the Commission should be empowered to set out detailed implementing rules and criteria, including adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing to be applied by the voluntary schemes.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Local citizen participation in renewable energy projects through renewable energy communities has resulted in substantial added value in terms of local acceptance of renewable energy and access to additional private capital. This local involvement will be all the more crucial in a context of increasing renewable energy capacity in the future, including through remunerating renewable energy communities via direct support.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 82
Recital 82
(82) Voluntary schemes can play an increasingly important role in providing evidence of compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. It is therefore appropriate for the Commission to require voluntary schemes, including those already recognised by the Commission, to report regularly on their activity. Such reports should be made public in order to increase transparency and to improve supervisNonetheless in order to guarantee that only highly sustainable biofuels can be promoted as such in the Union by the Commission. Furthermore, such reporting would provide the necessary information for the Commission to report on the op should set up minimum standards and single ceration of the voluntary schemes with a view to identifying best practice and submitting, if appropriate, a proposal to further promote such best practicefication scheme for biofuels type ensuring the highest accuracy of data.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
(55a) Renewable energy communities should be entitled to participate in available support schemes on an equal footing with other large participants. For this purpose, Member States may decide to remunerate renewable energy communities through direct support and to exempt them from participating in competitive bidding processes. To ensure that renewable energy communities truly empower local citizens to benefit from taking ownership in the energy transition, there is a need to define eligibility criteria for being considered a renewable energy community in order to avoid market distortions or abuse, in particular by private developers and larger energy companies. There is also a need to clarify renewable energy communities as a subset of local energy communities to ensure the link to direct local citizen control, democratic governance based on equal decision-making rights, and a predominant aim of promoting local environmental, social and economic benefits over profits for its shareholders.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 101
Recital 101
(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2745% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Unmandatory union and national targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64 a (new)
Recital 64 a (new)
(64a) Accurate measurement of electricity consumed in road and rail transport should be developed, to ensure in the post 2030 era the possibility to measure correctly the amount of renewable electricity consumed in transport. This could be done by introducing obligatory on-board metering and anonymous data collection from connected cars.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ‘biomass’ means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture, including vegetal and animal substances, forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of waste, including industrial and municipal waste of biological origin;
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s
(s) ‘renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin’ means liquid or gaseous fuels other than biofuels whose energy content comes from renewable energy sources other than biomass where carbon is captured from the ambient air if a carbon feedstock is used, and which are used in transport;
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68 a (new)
Recital 68 a (new)
(68a) The synergy between circular economy principles and the promotion of bioenergy should be further emphasized in order to ensure the most valuable use of the raw materials and the best environmental outcome. Policy measures adopted by the Union and the Member States in support of bioenergy production, and especially of energy from solid biomass, should always take into account the principle of cascading use of biomass, resource efficiency, optimized use of biomass and the waste hierarchy as defined in Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d d
(dd) ‘food and feed crops’ means starch- rich crops, sugars and oil crops and other crops grown primarily for energy purposes produced on agricultural land as a main crop excluding residues, waste or ligno- cellulosic material and waste;
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 101
Recital 101
(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2745% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can ratheralone, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels from waste and residues that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IX that do not have significant displacement effects based on a regional displacement analysis;
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a bindingmandatory national and Union targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, renewable energy communities, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training and access to the electricity grid for energy from renewable sources. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) 'geothermal energy' means energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of solid earth exploited with processes fulfilling the criteria set out in art 7(1);
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
(ab) 'geothermal energy' considered as energy from renewable sources for the purpose of this Directive is the geothermal energy exploited by plants which are not hybridized with fossil or waste combustion processes, and that have CO2 equivalent emissions inferior to 120gr/kWhe, on a monthly average.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) ‘'gross final consumption of energy’' means the energy commodities delivered for energy purposes to industry, transport, households, services including public services, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, including the consumption of electricity and heat by the energy branch for electricity and heatfor electricity, heat and transport fuels production and including losses of electricity and heat in distribution and transmission; for imported electricity, heat and transport fuels, the best available information on the related losses in the production processes shall be used;
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 2745%.
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premises, including a multi-apartment block, a public, commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that no financial support is provided for the extraction of energy from incineration of municipal waste nor for co- incineration in cement kilns by 2021.
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point bb a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point bb a (new)
(bb a) 'renewable energy community' means a 'local energy community' as defined in [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] which meet the requirements set out in Article 22, paragraph 1, of this Directive.
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point bb b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point bb b (new)
(bb b) 'local authority' means a public institution bearing legal personality, component of the State structure, below the level of national government, accountable to citizens; a local authority is usually composed of a deliberative or policy-making body (council or assembly) and an executive body (the Mayor or other executive officer), directly or indirectly elected or selected at local level; the term encompasses different tiers of government, e.g. villages, municipalities, districts, counties, provinces, regions, among others.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use changnot be taken into account for the final consumption of energy in that Member State.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IX that do not have significant displacement of existing uses based on a regional project based analysis;
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq a (new)
(qq a) 'biomethane' means renewable gas with the same physical properties as natural gas that derives from the upgrading of biogas produced by anaerobic digestion, gasification or from power to gas by upgrading;
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq b (new)
(qq b) 'Renewable Methane' means gas produced using electricity from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, but not to remove themor remove feedstocks and to assess the emissions caused by the displacement of their use. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis of the latest scientific and technical progress, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, the principle of cascading use of biomass, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting the conclusion that the feedstock in question does not create an additional demand for land and promoting the use of wastes and residues, while avoiding significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues, delivering substantial greenhouse gas emission savings compared to fossil fuels, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member States shall collectively ensure that the shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy in 2030, calculated in accordance with this Directive, is at least its national overall target for the share of energy from renewable sources in that year, as set out in the fourth column of the table in part A of Annex I. Such mandatory national overall targets are consistent with a Union target of at least a 45 % share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 27%.
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Every 2 years, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, in line with the principles set out in this paragraph. The first evaluation shall be carried out no later than 6 months after [date of entry into force of this Directive]. If appropriate, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, but not to remove them.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach thIn order to reach or exceed the national binding target and the collective Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States mayshall apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Support for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to maximize the integrateion of electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market and ensure that renewable energy producers are responding to market price signals and maximise their market revenues. Except for small scale installations and demonstration projects, support for electricity generated from renewable sources granted through direct price support schemes shall take the form of a premium paid in addition to market revenues. Member States may decide to remunerate renewable energy communities through direct support, including via feed-in-tariffs.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that support for renewable electricity is granted inthrough an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost-effective manner and non- discriminatory competitive bidding process in accordance with paragraphs 3a. Renewable energy communities shall be provided with the option to receive direct support without being obliged to participate in a competitive bidding process. Member States may apply a different procedure to small scale installations and demonstration projects.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.5% in 2021, increasing up to at least 6.8% in 2030, following the trajectory set out in part B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in part A of Annex IX shall be at least 0.5% of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least 3.6% by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X. The contribution of feedstock materials which do not have other uses, such as algae, should be considered to be 2 times their energy content
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The greenhouse gas emission savings from the use of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, and renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin shall be at least 70% as of 1 January 2021.
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources and its distributive effects to different consumers groups at least every four years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongation of support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments.
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that no financial support is provided for the extraction of energy from incineration of municipal waste by 2021.
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles,all transport sectors shall be taken into account.
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Support schemes for electricity from biomass sources shall be designed so as to avoid distortions of material markets.
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Member States shall support electricity from geothermal energy only if produced by plants with CO2 equivalent emissions inferior to 120gr/kWhe, on a monthly average, and which are not hybridized with fossil or waste combustion processes. Member States may set a lower emissions limits for granting support schemes. Geothermal electricity produced by plants which are not fulfilling the criteria defined in the first paragraph shall by no means receive public support.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 1.2 times their energy content.
Amendment 623 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to actively participate in potential modifications of support schemes; any modification of support schemes shall be made public at least six month before its entry into force, together with a summary of comments and opinions provided within the public participation process and information on how such comments and opinions have been taken into account; any changes to existing support schemes shall include an appropriate transitional period before the new support scheme enters into force;
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
When the rights and the economics of supported projects are impacted in a discriminatory manner by other regulatory changes and grid operation changes, Members States shall ensure that supported projects receive an adequate compensation;
Amendment 665 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, electricity and heat from geothermal energy shall be accounted only if produced by plants with CO2 equivalent emissions inferior to 120gr/kWhe, on a monthly average, and which are not hybridized with fossil or waste combustion processes. Member States may set a lower emissions limits. Geothermal heat and electricity produced by plants which are not fulfilling the criteria defined in the first paragraph shall not be considered renewable energy for the purpose of this Directive and shall by no means be accounted by Members States in the calculation of their share of energy from renewable energy.
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and waste-based fossil fuels and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings and potential additional sustainability criteria required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) eligibility for financial support, fiscal incentives or other policy measures for the consumption of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Biomass fuels shall have to fulfil the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 only if used in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling or fuels with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 201 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with an electrical capacity equal to or exceeding 0.5 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels. Member States may apply the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria to installations with lower fuel capacity.
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) simplified and less burdensome authorisation procedures, including through simple notification if allowed by the applicable regulatory framework, are establisheare established for smaller projects and for decentralised devices for producing and storing energy from renewable sources, and for renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities.
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that investors of all size have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall define and publish a long-term schedule in relation to expected allocation for support, covering at least the following threfive years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocated, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support. The schedule should include a specific section for the allocations of schemes to self-consumption renewables projects.
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high biodiversity value, namely land that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status:
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities at national, regional and local level include provisions for the integration and deployment of renewable energy, including for renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities, and the use of unavoidable waste heat or cold when planning, designing, building and renovating urban infrastructure, industrial or residential areas and energy infrastructure, including electricity, district heating and cooling, natural gas and alternative fuel networks .
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high carbon stock, namely land that had one of the following statuses in January 2008 and no longer has that status:
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In establishing such measures or in their support schemes, Member States may take into account national measures relating to substantial increases in renewable self- consumption, local energy storage, energy efficiency and relating to cogeneration and to passive, low or zero-energy buildings.
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland or wetlands in January 2008.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Without prejudice to the energy efficiency first principle, Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes or by other means with equivalent effect, require, where appropriate, the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources, or of renewable generation installations in new buildings and in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation, reflecting the results of the cost-optimal calculation carried out pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall permit those minimum levels to be fulfilled, inter alia, using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources.
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall meet the following requirements to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass production: (a) the country in which forest biomass was harvested has national and/or sub-national laws applicable in the area of harvest as well as monitoring and enforcement systems in place ensuring that: i) accordance to the conditions of the harvesting permit within legally gazetted boundaries; ii) areas takes place; iii) including wetlands and peatlands, are protected; iv) soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; and v) long-term production capacity of the forest; (b) first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced fromnot be produced from stemwood or stumps. harvesting is carried out in forest regeneration of harvested areas of high conservation value, the impacts of forest harvesting on harvesting does not exceed the when evidence referred to in the the forest biomass shalls be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c)en forest regeneration of pharagraph 1 if management syvestemsd are in place at forest holding level to ensure that: i) harvested according to a legal permit; ii) areas takes place; iii) including peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protected; iv) quality and biodiversity are minimised; v) long-term production capacity of the forest.as of high conservation value, impacts of forest harvesting on soil harvesting does not exceed the
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their sustainable potential of renewable energy sources and of which must include spatial analysis of areas suitable for low ecological risk deployment, and the potential for the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter.
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove regulatory, administrative and fiscal barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The single administrative contact point, in collaboration with transmission and distribution system operators, shall publish an easily accessible manual of procedures for renewable project developers, including for small scale projects and renewable self- consumers projects, energy storage projects, renewable self-consumers projects and renewable energy community projects. The manual of procedures shall include a step-by-step explanation of the different administrative and planning processes, information on technical aspects of developing projects, and advice on access to finance, particularly for self-consumer projects, renewable energy community projects, and for vulnerable and low- income households at risk of or experiencing energy poverty.
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by, inter alia, ensuring a simplified and swift permit granting process, which shall not exceed one year from the date on which a legitimathe request for repowering is submitted to the single administrative contact point.
Amendment 794 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Article 8, paragraph 3 of [recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864/2] shall apply to generating capacity installed by renewable energy communities.
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Demonstration projects and installations with an electricity capacity of less than 5100 kW shall be allowed to connect to the grid following a notification to the distribution system operator.
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Repowering shall be allowed following a notification to the single administrative contact point established in accordance with Article 16, where no singcompliance with The Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and/or Habitats Directive requirements1a can be ensured, and where no significant negative environmental or social impact is expected. The single administrative contact point shall decide within six months of the receipt of the notification if this is sufficient.. __________________ 1aDirective 2014/52/EU on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects on the Environment and Article 6(3/4) of Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that information on support measures is made available to all relevant actors, such as consumers, renewables self-consumers, renewable energy communities, builders, installers, architects, and suppliers of heating, cooling and electricity equipment and systems and of vehicles compatible with the use of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. Member States, with the participation of local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising, guidance or training programmes in order to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of developing and using energy from renewable sourcn how to exercise their rights as active customers, and of the benefits and practicalities, including technical and financial aspects, of developing and using energy from renewable sources, including through renewables self-consumption, energy storage and by participating in renewable energy communities.
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. For the sole purposes of proving to final customers the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in an energy supplier’s energy mix and in the energy supplied to consumers under contracts marketed with reference to the consumption of energy from renewable sources , Member States shall ensure that the origin of energy produced from renewable energy sources can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive, in accordance with objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall ensure that information is given to the public on the availability and environmental benefits of all different renewable sources of energy for transport. When the percentages of biofuels, blended in mineral oil derivatives, exceed 10% by volume, Member States shall require this to be indicated at the sales points.
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
6. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if the country or regional economic integration organisation of origin of the forest biomass meets the following LULUCF requirements and it is not produced from roundwood greater than 8 centimetres in diameter and stumps:
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 844 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that no guarantees of origin are issused toas a producer that receives financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources. Member States shall issue suchmarket- based trading instrument to allocate an additional value to the energy that is produced, which can then be sold separately. To that end, guarantees of origin andmay be transfer them to the market by auctioning them. The revenues raised as a result of the auctioning shall be used to offset the costs of renewables supporred as long as revenues are not raised as a result.
Amendment 845 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) whether and to what extent the energy source from which the energy was produced met sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria referred to in Article 26 of the Directive.
Amendment 876 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 11
Article 19 – paragraph 11
11. Member States shall not recognise guarantees of origins issued by a third country except where the Commission has signed an agreement with that third country on mutual recognition of guarantees of origin issued in the Union and compatible guarantees of origin systems established in that country, where there is direct import or export of energy. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to enforce these agreements.
Amendment 883 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Feedstocks which are already used in other sectors for the production of food, feed and bio-based products, shall not be used for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels which are taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1. The Commission shall assess the use of the feedstocks listed in Annex IX and shall adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 32 to amend that Annex by adding or removing feedstocks from that list.
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Subject to requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria defined by the competent national authorities: (a) Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory guarantee the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; (b) Member States shall also provide for either priority access or guaranteed access to the grid-system of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; (c) Member States shall ensure that when dispatching electricity-generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources in so far as the secure operation of the national electricity system permits and based on transparent and non- discriminatory criteria. Member States shall ensure that appropriate grid and market-related operational measures are taken in order to minimise the curtailment of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. If significant measures are taken to curtail the renewable energy sources in order to guarantee the security of the national electricity system and security of energy supply, Members States shall ensure that the responsible system operators report to the competent regulatory authority on those measures and indicate which corrective measures they intend to take in order to prevent inappropriate curtailments.
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
8. Electricity from biomass fuels produced in installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 201 MW shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 only if it is produced applying high efficient cogeneration technology as defined under Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU and if it is produced without the use of fossil fuels. For the purposes of points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, this provision shall only apply to installations starting operation after [3 years from date of adoption of this Directive]. For the purposes of point (c) of paragraph 1, this provision is without prejudice to public support provided under schemes approved by [3 years after date of adoption of this Directive].
Amendment 904 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 9
Article 26 – paragraph 9
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Articles 23 and 25 and in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 26(1), Member States shall require economic operators to show that the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in Article 26(2) to (78) have been fulfilled. For that purpose they shall require economic operators to use a mass balance system which:
Amendment 926 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, including through distributed ledger technologies or power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost- reflectivecriminatory or disproportionately burdensome procedures and charges;
Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) are entitled to consume and store their self-generated renewable electricity without being subject to any charge, tax or fee, including grid fees;
Amendment 932 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) are not subject to charges, fees, levies, taxes on the electricity they feed into the grid or other financial burdens which discriminate against generating electricity;
Amendment 935 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (68), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holding level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 943 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons500 MWh on an annual basis; and
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) receive a remuneration for the self- generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid which reflects the market value of the electricity fed in. as well as the long-term value to the grid, the environment and the society, in line with the cost-benefit analysis of distributed energy resources under Article 59 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864]. This shall not preclude Member States from establishing or continuing innovative models of remuneration such as net metering or virtual net metering.
Amendment 948 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex V for biofuels and bioliquids and in part A of Annex VI for biomass fuels where the el value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex V andis equal to or less than zero and estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex VIII, and where the el value for those biomass fuels calculated in accordance with point 7 of part B of Annex VI is equal to or less than zero, by using that default value;
Amendment 953 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formulas referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex V, where disaggregated default values in part D or E of Annex V may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V, for all other factors and deducting from it the default reduction of greenhouse gas emissions savings from indirect land-use change in part A of Annex VIII; or
Amendment 953 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) are given priority of dispatch by transmission and distribution system operators.
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formulas referred to in point 1 of part B of Annex VI, where disaggregated default values in part C of Annex VI may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part B of Annex VI, for all other factors and deducting from it the default reduction of greenhouse gas emissions savings from indirect land-use change in part A of Annex VIII.
Amendment 962 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, residential area, or located in the same commercial, public or shared services, site or closed distribution system, are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were an individual renewable self-consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self- consumer concerned.
Amendment 968 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Based on an assessment of existing barriers and potential, Member States shall take actions to encourage participation in self-consumption by tenants and households experiencing poverty, including development of incentives to facilitate access to finance, and incentives to encourage developers to undertake projects sited on social housing and for building owners to make self- consumption opportunities available to their tenants. This assessment should be part of Member States' national climate and energy plans under regulation [Governance as proposed by COM(2016)759].
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(5), 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6), 28(5) and 28(56(8) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1st January 2021.
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The renewable self-consumer's installation may be managed by may decide to transfer the management of its installation to a third party for installation, operation, including metering, and maintenance.
Amendment 976 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 978 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The delegation of power referred to in Articles 7(5), 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6) 26 (8) and 28(5)
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be a local energy community as defined in [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] that is an SME or a not-for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, fulfilling. To benefit from treatment as a renewable energy community, at least 51% of the seats in the board of directors or managing bodies of the entity are shall be reserved for local members, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts. In addition, they must fulfil at least four out of the following criteria:
Amendment 993 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) shareholders or members, of which there shall be multiple, are natural persons, local authorities, including municipalities, or SMEs operating in the fields or renewable energy;
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) participation is open to all potentially interested local shareholders, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activities and their impacts, that are eligible under criteria (a);
Amendment 1012 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) the community has not installed more than 1840 MW of renewable capacity for electricity, heating and cooling and transport as a yearly average in the previous 5 year.
Amendment 1025 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – point b
Annex IX – Part A – point b
Amendment 1026 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall set a nationally-determined binding target for 2030 for the share of renewable energy produced by renewable energy communities. Before setting such a target Member States shall conduct a public consultation involving inter alia cities, consumer organisations and civil society. This target should be part of Member States' national climate and energy plans under regulation [Governance as proposed by COM(2016)759].
Amendment 1027 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall ensure that criteria for renewable energy communities are designed and applied in a way that ensures renewable energy communities are not effectively controlled by traditional energy undertakings, including private commercial developers and larger energy companies. In particular, Member States, through their National Regulatory Authorities, shall monitor the application of criteria for renewable energy communities, and their treatment in the development of support schemes for renewable energy, to ensure transparency, non-discrimination, and protection of consumers, and to avoid abuse or adverse effects on competition.
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Member States shall ensure that for all new renewable energy plants and repowering of existing renewable energy plants, local and regional authorities, as well as natural and legal persons having a direct interest in the renewable energy plant and its impacts are able to participate in the project through a renewable energy community.
Amendment 1032 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – point h
Annex IX – Part A – point h
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 12 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 1077 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the total amount of energy supplied for heating and cooling by type of renewable energy;
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the total amount of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by type of renewable energy;
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – Part A
Annex X – Part A
Amendment 1108 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – Part C
Annex X – Part C
Amendment 1168 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 1201 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 1213 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
To determine the share of renewable electricity for the purposes of paragraph 1 either the aveused in transport, obligatory onboard metering should be applied. Based on the anonymously collected individual data, the aggregate renewable electricity consumption in a given moment should be used. A method of developing an accuragte share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Member State where theway of ensuring renewable electricity only may be developed by Member States, but cannot be based on guarantees of origin.. In all cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled. Guarantees of origin may be cancelled only if no exemptions from charges related to public support of for RES electricity use in transport is given. Member States shall ensure that these guarantees of origin are used by electricity is supplied, as measured two years before the year in question may be used. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled.rs for proving an evenly distributed share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in the supply of those consumers from the transport sector which have consumed the electricity volumes referred to in sentence 1 according to Article 3 of Directive 2009/72/EC
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor the origin of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels consumed in the Union and the impact of their production, including impact as a result of displacement, on land use in the Union and the main third countries of supply. Such monitoring shall be based on Member States’ integrated national energy and climate plans and corresponding progress reports required in Articles 3, 15 and 18 of Regulation [Governance] , , and those of relevant third countries, intergovernmental organisations, scientific studies and any other relevant pieces of information. The Commission shall also monitor the commodity price changes associated with the use of biomass for energy and any associated positive and negative effects on food security and on competing material uses.
Amendment 1273 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(5) , 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6) and 28(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1st January 2021 .
Amendment 1276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The delegation of power referred to in Articles 7(5) , 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6) and 28(5)
Amendment 1280 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part A
Annex I – Part A