Activities of Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER related to 2017/2084(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Accelerating clean energy innovation (A8-0005/2018 - Jerzy Buzek) FR
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas research and innovation constitute a distinct dimension of the EU’s Energy Union, with energy R&D&I a key driver of the EU’s industrial leadership, global competitiveness, sustainable growth and, job creation and Member State energy independence, as well as of the EU’s overall energy security, by reducing dependence on energy imports;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU’s energy policy and financing instruments should primarily focus on a gradual transition to high- efficiency, low-emission systems favouring non-intermittent energy sources, and avoid setting technology- specific benchmarks that distort market mechanisms;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the role of the SET- Plan, the Knowledge Innovation Community (KIC) InnoEnergy and the relevant Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) in driving energy innovation; stresses the need to better connect these various frameworks together with, inter alia, the InnovFin initiative, the EFSI and the proposed Pan-European Venture Capital Fund(s)-of-Funds programme (VC FoF) as part of a coordinated, focused investment strategy in clean, non-intermittent energy innovation that would help early-stage projects and start- ups effectively overcome the ‘valley of death’ and reach the market maturity levels needed for global expansion; considers that effective incentives for investment in energy innovation, by means of national investment funds and pension funds, could play a crucial role in mobilising the necessary equity capital;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges the role that the European Innovation Council (EIC) could play in helping coordinate the various strands of a coherent investment strategy in clean, non-intermittent energy innovation; requests more information about the EIC’s structure and consistency with existing instruments supporting innovation;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that citizen-driven energy innovation opens untapped opportunities for innovation financing; calls on the Commission to explore effective ways to promote energy innovation crowdfunding and to consider the setting up of a clean, non-intermittent energy innovation crowd equity fund;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the need for systemic education and engagement schemes designed to enable society to fully engage in the transformation of the energy system and enable Europeans of all ages to gradually progress from awareness and understanding to active involvement and taking a guiding role; calls on the Commission, the Member States, local authorities and the private sector to promote conscious consumer choices and energy-related citizens’ engagement through, inter alia, EU-supported awareness campaigns, comprehensive information on energy bills and price comparison tools, the promotion of cooperative sharing schemes, participatory budgets for energy-related investments, tax and investment incentives, as well as by steering technological solutions and innovations;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and the Member States to assist EU regions in taking coordinated steps to incentivise energy innovation at local and trans- regional, national and inter-state level with the aim of developing coherent strategies;