Activities of Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ related to 2016/0382(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 61 #
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 control of energy consumption in Europe and 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. It also has an important part to play in promoting the security of energy supply, technological development and innovation and providing opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas or regions with low population density.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Member States should remove all obstacles and penalties for self- consumption and for small producers. A public aid system should be set up for small-scale projects (private individuals, owners’ associations, neighbourhood groups, villages, small and medium-sized farms or enterprises, and public administrations or bodies with social purposes). Priority shall be given to support for those sectors.
Amendment 94 #
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 revenusupports small- scale projects (private individuals, owners’ associations, neighbourhood groups, villages, small and medium-sized farms or enterprises, and public administrations or bodies with social purposes).
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of meeting the Union target 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 their own 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 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The procedure used for the authorisation, certification and licensing of renewable energy plants should be objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate when applying the rules to specific projects. In particular, it is appropriate to avoid any unnecessary burden that could arise by classifying renewable energy projects under installations which represent a high health risk.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Member States should consider mechanisms to promote district heating and cooling from energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 132 #
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. 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 139 #
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 burdens. Collective self-consumption should be allowed in certain cases so that citizens living in apartments, rural villages or farms, for example can benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as households in single family homes.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Agricultural feedstock for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels should not be produced on peatland as the cultivation of feedstock on peatbe eliminated and agricultural land wshould result in significant carbon stock loss if the land was further drained for that purpose while the absence of such drainage cannot be easily verifiedbe used to develop agroecology-based livestock and crop farming.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 74
Recital 74
Amendment 203 #
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, and the forestation of agricultural land and forest monocultures, alien species and any that may be considered invasive must always be avoided. 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 appropriate 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. _________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 88
Recital 88
(88) If lLand with high stocks of carbon in its soil or vegetation iscannot be converted for the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, because some of the stored carbon will generally be released into the atmosphere, leading to the formation of carbon dioxide. The resulting negative greenhouse gas impact can offset the positive greenhouse gas impact of the biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels, in some cases by a wide margin. The full carbon effects of such conversion should therefore be taken into account in calculating the greenhouse gas emission saving of particular biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. This is necessary to ensure that the greenhouse gas emission saving calculation takes into account the totality of the carbon effects of the use of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) ‘ambient heat’ means heat energy at a useful temperature level which is extracted or captured by means of heat pumps that need electricity or other auxiliary energy to function, and which can be stored in the ambient air, beneath the surface of solid earth or in surface water. The reported values shall be established on the basis of the same methodology used for the reporting of heat energy extracted or captured by heat pumps;
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Amendment 292 #
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Amendment 351 #
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
c) highly biodiverse grassland spanning more than one hectare that is:
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
ii) non-natural, namely, grassland that would cease to be grassland in the absence of human intervention and which is species-rich and not degraded and has been identified as being highly biodiverse by the relevant competent authority, unless evidence is provided that the harvesting of the raw material is necessary to preserve its status as highly biodiverse grassland.