Activities of Gianluca BUONANNO related to 2015/2108(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Making Europe's electricity grid fit for 2020 (A8-0330/2015 - Peter Eriksson) IT
Amendments (5)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that diversification of sources of supply, renewable energy, and increased energy efficiency leading to energy savings are critical means for a stable, secure, independent and democratic energy system for the EU, to help revitalise domestic demand and which generates high-quality jobs and wealth within a future-oriented sustainable economy; underlines that a higher degree of electricity interconnectivity and smart grids are necessary for developing such a system;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the role of the Commission as guardian of a decentralised and accessible electricity system, in which Member States shall grant access toMember States in ensuring that smaller suppliers have access to the grid in accordance with fair market rules;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the implementation of a ‘one-stop shop’ approach contributes to shortening the permit granting procedures; recalls that the TEN-E Regulation requires each Member State to designate a National Competent Authority responsible for facilitating, shortening and coordinating the permit process at national level; believes that an interconnected electricity market needs a single ‘one-stop shop’ at EU level and asks the Commission to make a proposal, legislative if necessary, in this regard;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that South-Eastern Europe (SEE) is endowed with a vast – and largely untapped – potential in terms of renewables; notes that cooperation and coordination on long-term planning and building of a SEE regional grid infrastructure must go beyond the EU in order to include non-EU Western Balkan countries and Turkey; calls for the establishment of a new platform where all key stakeholders in the region could discuss and provide political backing to joint projects designed to fully exploit the region’s renewables- based electricity potential; recognises that the EU’s Central East South Europe Gas Connectivity High Level Group, established in February 2015, could become such a platform, provided its mandate is expanded to include the electricity domain and involvement of SEE’s non-EU countries; acknowledges that the platform would enable the Commission to provide leadership and political support;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to derive a future electricity interconnection target from the EU’s long-term climate goals as well as from a sustainable energy system that the EU is looking for; notes in this context that the degree of interconnection required will depend in particular on whether: a) the EU is serious in applying the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and more demand-side response measures, b) decentralised renewables-based electricity and its correlated smart grids are further developed, c) energy storage technologies – at household or municipality levels – are developed, d) grids are optimised and use the best available technologies, e) people are given a higher role as prosumers in the energy system, and f) a clear incentive for investments in the grids is created;