8 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the importance of gradualswiftly achieving a European energy market for renewables that would allow alternative energy sources to become competitive on a sustainable basis;
Amendment 16 #
2a. Condemns those national and regional governments which have cut their financial support to renewables through the Feed In Tariff and other mechanisms; considers such actions detrimental to achieving the EU renewable and carbon emission reduction targets, more costly in the long run due to the financial impact of climate change, and creating uncertainty for investors in renewables;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU to guarantee that the promotion of renewable resources in the production and use of energy will not jeopardise food security or, high-quality sustainable food production, or create grain monocultures for the production of biofuels/biogas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges Member States and sub- national governments to take advantage of the provisions in Article 21 of the Rural Development Regulation on basic rural services to invest in community owned and run renewable systems for electricity and heat, with local retention and sharing of profits for re-investment in community infrastructure and services;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Investment Bank to create rolling funds through financial intermediaries to provide the necessary start up capital, and technical support, for farm-based and community owned micro-and small-scale renewable electricity and heat generation, the profits of which can be re-invested in additional schemes;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on Member States and sub national governments with the requisite competence to make the construction of on-farm capacity for generation of renewable sources of heat or electricity, of the farmer's choice, mandatory wherever practically possible; such capacity could include wind turbines, solar panels, anaerobic digesters, wood chip fuel or heat pumps; the renewable generation would either be for on-farm use, or for exporting off-farm to the electricity grid, or both, and therefore would cut farm energy bills and add a valuable additional revenue stream; calls on public authorities to provide the necessary financial and technical support to make this mandate happen;