10 Amendments of Lambert van NISTELROOIJ related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concernedNotes that, so far, only some of the renewables on the energy market are economically competitive, although certain other technologies are closing the gap with market prices; agrees with the Commission that all available means must be used to bring the costs down and make RES economically competitive;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that those who will benefit most from completion of the internal energy market are the consumers; supports the Commission's view that competition needs to extend to renewables as well as other energy sources because it is the best stimulus to advances in innovation and price reductions; underlines that the persistence of regulated prices at the retail level jeopardizes the capability of consumers to fully exercise their choices;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES mustfor RES to be fully integrated into the European internal energy market in all the Member States without delay and that in the long term they must take on stabilising functions and tasks within the system that have previously been performed by conventional energy sources, market arrangements should without delay encourage a better participation of demand and a greater contribution of energy efficiency measures to take on stabilising functions and tasks within the system that have previously been performed by conventional energy sources, in accordance with their capabilities and intrinsic characteristics; notes that balancing operations have always been performed in a system-wide perspective and that enlargement of balancing areas through better interconnected electricity systems are crucial in this context;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that, in order to guarantee supply security, the development of RES with fluctuating feed-in will necessitate reserves of conventional energy not previously available; recognises that the development of reserve capacity entails substantial costs and that, to make the development or retention of conventional reserves more commercially attractive, it will increasingly need to be promoted without distorting the energy market; rejects the concept of competition for subsidies and calls for the principles of the market economy to be applied to the design of the energy market by removing existing market distortions as a priority; if energy-only markets do not produce the remuneration required for a balanced market with a high share of electricity from intermittent RES and sufficient backup capacity, a complementary market design element with capacity mechanisms coordinated at EU level may be one approach to correct the lack of adequate profitability;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recognises that gas infrastructure will play an important role in the development of renewable energy across Europe; Firstly, by biogas, which as a renewable energy can easily be fed, as biomethane, into the existing gas grid infrastructure today; Secondly, by new technologies such as "power to hydrogen" and "power to gas" which will further benefit the future low-carbon economy framework, making use of existing and new infrastructures that should be promoted and developed;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the further development of RES will entail permanent landscape change in Europe, as for other energy technologies, may lead to acceptance issues, but points to Eurobarometer results showing renewable energy sources consistently as the most popular way to produce energy; points out that the only way to win public acceptance of RES is through transparent planning, construction and licensing procedures, in which all the stakeholders are involved, as well as empowering citizens and communities to generate RES at the local level;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that the Member States currently use almost 170 different types of promotion mechanism; points out that this support has lead to healthy growth but that some of the promotion systems are very costly and that, in some cases, a considerable financial burden has been placed on consumers without their having had a choice in the matter; notes that, despitethanks to the subsidies, RES have managed to become competitive vis-à-vis conventional methods of energy production only in certain areas, e.g. where the geographical conditions favour them, where access to capital is good, and the administrative burden is the lowest;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the Commission's declared intention to draw up guidelines on good practice and the reform of national support arrangements; calls on the Commission to produce the guidelines as soon as possible but is convinced that good-practice guidelines are only a first step and that efforts need to be directed at winding down the national support systems, although they must not be retrospectively amended or cancelled because that would send out disastrous signals to investors; calls on the Commission to explore ways to make new guidelines binding upon Member States and thereby increase convergence between support mechanisms;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system, including convergence between national support schemes for promoting RES, will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the European Commission to assess what would be the most cost- effective and efficient EU post 2020 framework based on a 2030 renewable energy target. Notes that Member States – within such an EU framework- can be free to establish certain national design elements – including support levels, when these are in line with new EU convergence guidelines - best adapted to their national circumstances;