Activities of Edward CZESAK related to 2016/2058(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU strategy on heating and cooling (A8-0232/2016 - Adam Gierek) PL
Amendments (19)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 50% of the energy used for heating and cooling in the EU is primaryfinal energy;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas – although there is potential – the share of RES energy in heating and cooling in the Member States is insufficienwill be improved and is on its way to meet the 2020 RES target;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the share of primary energy from fossil fuels in heating and cooling is 75% and does not guarantee decarbonisation, thereby accelerating climate change and causing significant harm to the environmentrequires gradual increase in low-emission generation;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the use of progressiveefficient heating or cooling systems in buildings presumably means that those buildings will first have to undergoneeds to be carried out together with a thorough process of thermomodernisation which requires strategic energy planning;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas architecture, urban planning, density of heat demand and the diversity of European climate zones must be taken into account in the planning of energy-efficient, low- emission public and residential buildings with maximum thermal comfort or comfort cooling;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas energy efficiency policies should focus on the most cost-effective ways to improve buildings performance by reducing heat demands and/or connecting buildings to high-efficiency alternatives;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Strategy that recognizes the need to adopt a common European approach on heat with the objective to transform the current shape of the heat market, dominated by on-site individual fossil-fuels boilers, towards high efficiency heating solutions which increase energy security and facilitate cost-effective achievement of the EU climate and energy objectives;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Supports the Commission's analysis formulated in the Heat strategy that heating demands will not disappear, hence the need to develop policies that tap the full potential for the use of recovered heat (cogeneration and industrial heat) and allow a cost-effective development of DH networks capable of bringing renewable energy sources into urban areas, where population and energy demands are concentrated;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that outdated heating plants with low energy efficiency should be replaced by small, environmentally- friendly CHP plants that use natural gas or other green fuels or heat from energy- efficient heating and cooling systems;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Agrees with the Heat Strategy that the economic potential of CHP is not exploited and Calls on the Commission as well as Member States to further promote high efficiency Cogeneration and District Heating, in line with Communication 2015 (572) on the State of the Energy Union;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses the view that heat storage facilities, for example in the form of thermally insulated water tanks that use electric resistance to stay hot overnight (outside the hours of peak demand) and thereby improve the quality of electricity supplyor heat storage facilities installed in CHP plants which improve the performance of the electricity system and take advantage of daily price fluctuations in the electricity market, could play a very important role in heating;
Amendment 286 #
12a. Calls on the Commission to assess seriously Member States' Comprehensive Assessments of the potential for cogeneration and district heating due under Article 14 of EED, so that these plans reflect the true economic potential of these solutions and provide a sound basis for policies in line with EU objectives;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to apply heating sector regulatory policy in such a way as to enable the development of energy-efficient heating and cooling systems;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to take administrative steps to ban the use of outdated furnaces that generate ‘low height’ emissions – releasing into the atmosphere natural pyrolytic gases from incomplete combustion, NOx, soot and fly ash dispersed by convection – in the heating of urban agglomerations;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to close the regulatory gap stemming from the Ecodesign Directive and Medium Combustion Plants Directive which results in emissions leakage to installations below 1 MW which fall outside of the scope of the Directives;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that high-power stationary fuel cells could, in the very near future, be an environmentally friendly alternative to coal as a solid fuel, thanks to the use of hydrogen obtained, for example, from water gas, produced via the thermal processing of coal in an atmosphere containing water vapour;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Given that fossil fuels account for 75% of the primary energy supply in heating and cooling, and therefore for more than 37% of the EU’'s total energy consumption, points out to the Commission the possibility of including those sectors in the EU ETS, including fuel combustion facilities with a capacity of less than 20 MW. The EU ETS cap should be increased respectively to facilitate this inclusion;
Amendment 393 #
25. Takes the view that there should be no restrictions on EU funding, including from the ESIF and the EFSI (Juncker Plan) for major projects, that is used for the thermal renovation of buildings; takes the view that the restrictions that have been in place thus far on ERDF fundinguropean Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding under the ESIF for this purpose have had an adverse effect in hampering these processes, in particular as regards the large number of buildings and entire housing estates built using large-panel system building methods;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that the key to combating energy poverty is to cut heating prices by ensuring that there is a significant increase in energy efficiency at the three main stages of energy use: during conversion from primary energy to useful energy, during further transport of that energy, and ,in particular, during its use by the end user;