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Amendments (16)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the share in Europe’s energy mix accounted for by renewable energy sources (RES) is growing in the short, medium and long term, and whereas RES make a significant contribution to guaranteeing a secure, independent, diversified and low-emission energy supply for Europe;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in recent years technological advances have been made in the area of energy generation from RES, and whereas the European Union is a world leader in this area;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the development of RES is largely dependent on private investment, and whereas investors require security and continuity for their projected investments beyond 2020;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the Commission that, in future, RES will account for a growing share of energy provision in Europe, both for electricity supply and, for the heating and cooling and for the transport sectors, and that they will reduce Europe’s dependence on conventional energy;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally sound energy provision is indispensable for the competitiveness of European industry; emphasises, therefore, that the energy supply system needs to be overhauled and the share of RES in all relevant sectors increased in a manner that is cost-efficient and without prejudice to supply security;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that, so far, only some of the renewables on the energy marketin particular renewables which have long been shown to be technologically viable are economically competitive on the energy market, although certain other newer 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 all RES economically competitive;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the internal market in gas and electricity is to be completed by 2014; welcomescalls on the Commission’s intention to report to use all the instruments available to it to bring the near future on the state of progress towards completion of the internal energy marketinternal energy market closer to completion as quickly as possible;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES must 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; calls, in that connection, for greater account to be taken, in planning and implementation, of the positive and negative and direct and indirect side effects of RES, in particular as regards existing infrastructure, such as transmission and distribution systems, and the natural world, biodiversity and nature conservation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise public awareness of the positive and negative effects of the various RES technologies;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to consider what impact existing environmental law, such as the Water Framework Directive or the Birds Directive, will have on the development of RES;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that many of the best and most competitive locations for RES in the EU are at a considerable distance from the centres of energy consumption; notes that the use of such locations is contingent on the development of transmission systemsand distribution systems; emphasises that authorisation procedures for energy infrastructure projects must be speeded up;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that one aim of Union energy policy is to promote the interconnectedness of energy systems; calls for the development of connections between the Member States to be speeded up, as their development would make a decisive contribution to integrating RES more fully into the European internal energy market;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underscores the need for electricity storage solutions to facilitate the integration of RES into the energy supply; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storage; notes in particular the need for further research into variable-speed storage options, which offer a more flexible system of controlling storage speeds and thus facilitate faster and better-matching connections; calls on the Member States to avoid imposing a double tax burden on electricity storage operators;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Draws attention to the potential savings to be made by taking account of the passage of the sun through Europe’s different time zones when developing RES;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay more attention to the untapped potential of RES in the heating and cooling sector and to the interdependencies between and opportunities arising from increased renewable energy use on the one hand and the implementation of the Energy Efficiency and Buildings Directives on the other;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises that world markets for RES are growing and that this will have a positive impact on prices and on the further development of existing technologies; stresses that European companies are important players in this sector;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement that it will issue a communication on energy technology policy in 2013; calls on the Commission not to discriminate against proven RES technologies which have been used for many years and to include a focus on storage technologies;