Activities of Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS related to 2008/0016(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Information and training gaps, especially in the heating and cooling sector, should be removed in order to encourage the deployment of energy from renewable sources and hybrid systems combining conventional energy and renewable energy sources.
Amendment 337 #
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 361 #
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 423 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The national action plans shall set out Member States’ targets for the shares of energy from renewable sources in transport, electricity and heating and cooling in 2020, and adequate measures to be taken to achieve these targets, including cooperation between local, regional and national authorities, national policies to develop existing biomass resources and mobilise new biomass resources for different uses, and the measures to be taken to fulfil the requirements of Articles 12 to 17.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Member States may apply to the Commission for account to be taken, for the purposes of paragraph 1, of the construction of renewable energy plants with very long lead-times on their territory under the following conditions:
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) construction of the renewable energy plant must have started by 20168;
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that all guarantees of origin to be issued in respect of renewable energy generated in a given calendar year are issued, at the latest, threesix months after the end of that year.
Amendment 542 #
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, receives support in the form of feed-in tariff payments, premium payments, tax reductions or payments resulting from calls for tendersfrom a support scheme as defined in Article 2(h), in which case the guarantee shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the system of support;
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. 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 may 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 557 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 567 #
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 624 #
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 631 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any national rules concerning the authorisation, certification and licensing procedures that are applied to plants and associated network infrastructure for the production of electricity, heating or cooling from renewable sources, and to the process of transformation of biomass into biofuels or other energy products, are proportionate and necessary.
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that information on the net benefits, cost and energy efficiency of equipment and systems for the use of heating, cooling and electricity from renewable sources and hybrid systems combining conventional energy and renewable energy sources is made available either by the supplier of the equipment or system or by the national competent authorities.
Amendment 753 #
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 shall also provide for priority access to the grid system of electricity produced from renewable energy sources provided that security of supply or other operational constraints are satisfied. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources insofar as the security of the national electricity system permits.
Amendment 1014 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – points d a – d b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – points d a – d b (new)
(da) the implementation of markets for guarantees of origin, including the systems of prior authorisations; (db) the need for a harmonised European incentive mechanism for renewable energy sources.