Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2016/2058(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU strategy on heating and cooling (A8-0232/2016 - Adam Gierek) IT
Amendments (4)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls that heating and cooling constitute 50% of the primary energy used in EU and the largest share of the EU’s energy demand; emphasises the importance of technology-neutral and market-based incentives in the transition to a low-carbon and secure energy supply to the heating and cooling sector and of focusing not only on a component level, such as buildings;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to fully utilise the heating and cooling sector in achieving cost-efficient gains in energy efficiency at system level by linking heat and power production, industrial processes, waste management and demand-side management; in this regard, calls on the Commission to draw up a plan to promote the sustainable use of organic waste for heating and cooling as part of the "Waste to energy" programme;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
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4. Notes the Union’s varying conditions, considers that the shorter the chain by which primary energy is converted into other forms to generate usable heat, the higher the energy efficiency and calls on the Commission to promote technology-neutral instruments enabling each community to develop cost- efficient solutions to reduce the carbon intensity of the heating and cooling sector;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
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5. UNotes that the share of primary energy from fossil fuel in heating and cooling is 75%, thereby accelerating climate change and causing significant harm to environment; underlines the widespread availability of solid biomass and the potential for district heating as a cost- efficient means of decarbonising the energy sector while also contributing to security of supply objectives; emphasises that a European gas crisis would be a heat crisisurges the Commission to elaborate a strategy for the sustainable use of bioenergy; emphasises that a European gas crisis would be a heat crisis, considering that natural gas is becoming ever more important in heating given that the chemical energy stored in it can be converted into heat energy highly efficiently;