Activities of Françoise GROSSETÊTE related to 2015/2113(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a European Energy Union (A8-0341/2015 - Marek Józef Gróbarczyk) FR
Amendments (15)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that any new initiative should be transparent, avoid unnecessary administrative burden and fully respect Member States’ freedom to determine their energy mix;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that ETS revenues should be utilised in particular to support low- carbon innovation, energy efficiency and other CO2 reduction measures, especially in energy intensive sectors;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to examine further the issue of indirect carbon costs and their impact on (and share in) electricity prices in the Member States; believes this is crucial in order to better guarantee a European level playing field;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the smart cities network in order to stimulate and exchange best practices and to fully exploit the potential of local and regional energy efficiency and greenhouse gas mitigating projects and measures; proposes to bring together all multi-level governance partners in an operational interface and to actively involve the Covenant of Mayors in such a transparent platform;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Looks forward to initiatives that empower the consumers to take control of their energy use, encourage them to commit and invest in decentralised energy and to protect them from energy poverty;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to develop innovative financial incentives, instruments for decarbonisation- investments, to mobilise the full potential of energy efficiency gains in the housing sector, also with regard to sustainable retrofitting of houses of vulnerable families and citizens ;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce its support for a decarbonised energy system by promoting the effective use of all available funding instruments, in particular the future European Fund for Strategic Investments, for strategic infrastructure projects and environmentally sustainable projects, expansion of renewable energy and resource efficiency;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Reaffirms the importance of the upgrading of existing low-carbon technologies, the development and market uptake of CCSU projects (carbon capture and storage/use) and storage of renewable energy;
Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that in order to successfully balance the internal market, investment is needed not only in interconnectors but also in, inter alia, storage capacity, such as LNG terminals and smart grids, as well as low-carbon highly-flexible back-up capacities, such as gas engines and turbines, in order to cope with enhanced renewable and distributed generation;
Amendment 783 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses that the construction industry has great potential for reduction of energy consumption and that the development of European instruments to support national policies for buildings renovation, such as a European energy label for windows, should be encouraged;
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the huge energy efficiency potential offered by all sizes of cogeneration units, in all types of buildings, ranging from individual houses to large buildings of energy intensive industries; Stresses the role to be played by highly-flexible units connected to the grid in offsetting power supply variations created by variable renewables;
Amendment 788 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses that about half of primary energy in Europe is used for heating; Supports the Commission in the preparation of an ambitious heat strategy to tap the full potential for energy efficiency and the use of renewables on the heating market;
Amendment 854 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on Member States to reinforce regulatory and public financial support to accelerate the renovation rate of buildings and the improvement of district heating systems;
Amendment 869 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines the crucial role of renewables in the EU in attaining its greenhouse gas reduction targets; underlines that, in this regard, the current market design should be improved by fully integrating renewables into the market and introducing cost-reflective balancing prices as well as balancing responsibilities for all market players; stresses that the EU needs cost-efficient balancing requirements, appropriate hedging products on the power stock exchange and shorter trading timeframes to make the power market more dynamic and better integrate variable energy sources;
Amendment 956 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous energy sources such as nuclear, clean coal technologies and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) would make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas and other gasses such as coal bed methane facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal;