25 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure that the overall targets are achieved, Member States should work towards a an indicative trajectory tracing a path towards the achievement of their targets, and should establish a national action plan including sectoral targets, while having in mind that there are different uses of biomass and therefore it is essential to mobilise new biomass re. Because environmental and climate issues are closely linked, the Member States should be given incentives to support environmentally-friendly energy production which does not contribute to increased greenhouse gas emissions. In order to come closer to resolving climate problems, it is important to stress that climate-neutral energy sources should not be given less favourable treatment for tax purposes than other energy sources.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Underlines that the incentives used to increase the use of renewable energy sources should be CO2 related taxation and not state subsidies. The starting point must be that renewable energy sources compete on equal terms, in order for them to develop in the most competitive way. It is the responsibility of the European Commission to ensure that state aid rules are respected.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of achieving the targets laid down in this Directive, it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and also to enable Member States to count electricity, heating and cooling consumed in other Member States towards their own national targets. For this reason, harmonised provisions for the design and transfer of guarantees of origin in these sectors should be adopted. Transfer of guarantees of origin should be permissible for both governments and companies.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
(a) “energy from renewable sources” means renewable non-fossil energy sources: wind, solar, ambient air, geothermal, wave, tidal, osmotic, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
(b) “biomass” means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal wastelogical material which is not completely decomposed or petrified;
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point d
Article 2 – point d
(d) “district heating or cooling” means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central source of production through a network to multiple buildings, for the use of space or process heating or cooling or for the heating of water;
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If a Member State decides to reduce its production capacity of an energy type which does not contribute to CO2 emissions, its target for energy generation from renewable sources shall be increased by an equivalent amount.
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The national action plans shall also set out how Member States intend to achieve the targets for renewable energy production. The aim is to avoid a situation where a Member State which has decided to reduce the capacity of energy production which does not contribute towards higher CO2 emissions offsets that reduction by importing power produced abroad. This ensures that a situation is avoided in which the phasing-out of CO2- reducing sources of production results in the elimination of the gains made in the fight against carbon dioxide emissions.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the origin of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, and of heating or cooling produced from renewable energy sources in plants with a capacity of at least 51 MWth, can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A guarantee of origin shall have two components: (a) A target component, which enables to count a quantity of renewable energy towards a Member State’s renewable energy target; and, (b) A fuel-mix disclosure component, which enables energy producers to demonstrate that the energy they sell is produced from renewable sources and serve to disclose the fuel mix of the supplied energy. Those two components may be subject to separate transactions.
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. AThe target component of the guarantee of origin, corresponding to the unit of energy in question, shall be submitted for cancellation to a competent body designated in accordance with Article 7 when:
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the production of a unit of electricity from renewable energy sources, or the production of a unit of heating or cooling from renewable energy sources in a plant with a capacity of at least 5 MWth,nergy from renewable energy sources receives support in the form of feed-in tariff payments, premium payments, tax reductions or payments resulting from calls for tenders, in which case the guarantee shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the system of support;
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a unit of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, or a unit of heating or cooling produced from renewable energy sources in a plant with a capacity of at least 5 MWth,nergy produced from renewable energy sources is taken into account for the purposes of assessing an entity’s compliance with a renewable energy obligation, in which case the guarantee of origin shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the obligation; or
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The production certification/fuel mix disclosure component of a guarantee of origin corresponding to the unit of energy in question shall be submitted for cancellation to a competent body designated in accordance with Article 7 when an energy supplier or energy consumer chooses to use a guarantee of origin for the purpose of proving the share or quantity of renewable energy in its energy mix; in that case, the guarantee of origin shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State in which the energy referred to by the energy mix in question is consumed. The two components of the guarantee of origin can be cancelled independently of each other and the cancellation of the target counting component has no incidence on the other component which can still be transferred separately.
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Guarantees of origin shall not be submitted to a competent body for cancellation more than 12 years after their date of issue.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Subject to the provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 2, guarantees of origin may be transferred between persons in different Member States provided they have been issued in relation to energy produced from renewable sources by installations that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directive or if they have been issued for a unit of energy produced from biomass.
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
For the purpose of Article 5(9), Article 6(2), Article 8(2) and Article 9(3) units of renewable energy imputable to an increase in the renewable capacity of an installation shall be treated as if they were produced by a separate installation becoming operational at the moment at which the increase of capacity occurred.
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory guarantee the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. They shallmay also provide for priority access to the grid system of electricity produced from either renewable or other CO2 neutral energy sources. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shallmay give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources insofar as the security of the national electricity system permits.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) forest undisturbed by significant human activity, that is to say, forest where there has been no known significant human intervention or where the last significant human intervention was sufficiently long ago to have allowed the natural species composition and processes to have become re-establish/other wooded land of native species, where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes are not significantly disturbed;
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall report on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass, other than biofuels and other bioliquids, by 31 December 2010 at the latest. The report shall take into account the existing regulations and standards and principles on sustainable forestry and the ongoing work to develop standards in this area. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for a sustainability scheme for other energy uses of biomass, to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(da) the implementation of markets for guarantees of origin, including the systems of prior authorisations.
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d b (new)
(db) the need for a harmonised European incentive mechanism for renewable energy sources.