8 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Maintains that investment in, and the exploitation of, renewable energy will promote economic and social development, new innovations, and sustainable growth, job creation, territorial cohesion and a reduction in energy poverty in the EU'’s regions and, moreover, will create jobsimprove human health and well-being;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that almost half a million jobs have been created in the renewable energy sector and that more intensive development of that sector could create a further 3 million jobs by 2030;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that EU regional policy has a key role to play in promoting renewable energy production on a Europe-wide scale; welcomes the fact that the cohesion and regional policy input intended to encourage renewable energy use has continued to expand step by step; considers it particularly important for the direction of Commission policy to be such as to enable the funding rate to be increased further in the coming period; considers it necessary for ambitious, binding objectives to be set in the field of renewable energy for the period post-2020 in order to promote the transition towards greater use solely of green and renewable energies;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that local and regional authorities can play a major role in the development of renewable energy and in the transition towards a low-carbon society;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the most efficient and competitive renewable energy sites in the EU are sometimes geographically remote from points of consumption and that there is therefore a need to develop suitable networks for the transmission of clean energy; highlights that efficient local renewable energy production must also be encouraged in order to reduce transmission losses, increase security of supply and promote regional energy self-sufficiency;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the decentralised production of renewable energy, in the form of cooperatives of citizens jointly investing in the production and supply of renewable energy in their own environment, also has an important role to play in future renewable energy policy;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that potential sources of renewable energy (wind, water, sun, biomass, etc.) abound in the outermost regions; stresses that the outermost regions are becoming hotbeds of research ideal for renewable energy observation, research, innovation, evaluation and use; welcomes in particular the objective in France’s outermost regions for renewable energies to constitute a minimum of 50% of end consumption by 2020, meaning they would exceed the 20% target set under the EU’s 2020 Strategy; considers that the EU should exploit the unique assets and experience of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories in the field of sustainable energy and encourage networking in island regions with a view to the exchange of good practices and the pursuit of joint activities;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. MaintainConsiders that effective renewable energy projects should not stop at the EU'’s internal borders, to say nothing of its external borders; draws attention to the importance of cross-border energy projects and takes the view that European regional cooperation programmes, as well as, regional cooperation programmes and territorial cooperation, within the appropriate legal framework, between the outermost regions and their energy neighbours; points out that the IPA and the ENI, should be exploited to the full to help renewable energy to take off; also stresses that best practice should be shared and turned to account under those programmes;