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Amendments (209)
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 194(2 and 191(1) thereof,
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Promoting renewable forms of energy is, in accordance with Article 194(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, one of the goals of the Union energy policy. The increased use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and increased energy efficiency, constitutes an importantthe essential part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the Union´s commitment under the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Union 2030 energy and climate framework, including the binding target to cut emissions in the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030necessity to reach net-zero emissions domestically by 2050 at the latest. It also has an importantfundamental part to play in promoting the security of energy supply, sustainable energy at affordable prices, technological development and innovation and providings well as technological and industrial leadership while providing environmental, social and health benefits as well as major opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas or regions with low population density.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In particular, reducing energy consumption, increasing technological improvements, incentives for the use and expansion ofexpanding public transport, the use of energy efficiency technologies and the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources in the electricity, heating and cooling sectors as well as in the transport sector are very effective tools, together with energy efficiency measures, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Union and the Union's energy dependence on imported gas and oil.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Directive 2009/28/EC established a regulatory framework for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources which set binding national targets on the share of renewable energy sources in energy consumption and transport to be met by 2020. Commission Communication of 22 January 201412 established a framework for future Union energy and climate policies and promoted a common understanding of how to develop those policies after 2020. The Commission proposed that the Union 2030 target for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union should be at least 27%. __________________ 12"A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030" (COM/2014/015 final).
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Parliament, in its Resolutions on "A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030" and on "the Renewable energy progress report", has favoured a binding Union 2030 target of at least 30% of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources, stressing that thate target should be implemented by means of individual national targets taking into account the individual situation and potential of each Member State. Yet in the light of the 2015 Paris Agreement and the recent renewables technology costs reductions, significantly higher ambition is obvious and called for an increase of these 2030 targets.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Commission's REFIT evaluation, of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2016, asserted that national binding targets have been the most important driver for renewable energy policies and investments in many Member States. Beyond providing investors' certainty and incentivising innovation and development of new and innovative renewable technologies, national binding targets have also been clear and transparent indicators against which progress as well as the effectiveness of measures can be measured. Therefore this Directive should continue with the same approach as Directive 2009/28/EC.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding targets of at least 2745 % share of renewable energy. Member States should define their contribution and at least 40% energy efficiency to thbe achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance]companied by national binding targets.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Member States binding renewable energy targets are set taking into account the obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change, the huge potential that still exists for renewable energy and the necessary investments – and investors stability- to realise the energy transition. Higher energy efficiency facilitates more ambitious renewable energy targets. An increase of the Union energy efficiency target of 40% in 2030, corresponding to a maximum Union's energy consumption of no more than 1 132 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 846 Mtoe of final energy, would reduce the effort to reach the Union's 2030 renewable energy target.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) It is necessary to translate the Union 45 % target into individual targets for each Member State, with due regard to a fair and adequate allocation taking account of Member States' GDP and the different starting points and potentials, including the level of energy from renewable sources to be reached by 2020. It is appropriate to do this by sharing the required total increase in the use of energy from renewable sources between Member States on the basis of an equal increase in each Member State's share weighted by their GDP, modulated to reflect their starting points, and by accounting in terms of gross final consumption of energy, with account being taken of Member States' past efforts with regard to the use of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) To ensure that the 2030 mandatory national targets are achieved, Member States should follow a linear trajectory tracing a path starting from their respective 2020 renewables targets. targets. Member States should set out policies and measures to achieve their respective 2030 and interim targets as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans and report about their progress through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 2745 % renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Article 27 of the Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to chooseincluding mandatory contribution to a European financing platform.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to support Member States' ambitious contributions to the Union targe in reaching their targets at reasonable cost, a financial framework aiming to facilitate investments in renewable energy projects in those Member States should be established, also through the use of financial instruments.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Commission should focus the allocation of funds on the reduction of the cost of capital of renewables projects, which has a material impact on theRenewable energy technologies have generally very low operating costs. However they are capital-intensive investment and access to capital is therefore having a material impact on the cost of renewable energy projects and on their competitiveness. Resulting from differently high perceived country risk, political and regulatory instability and unpredictability, the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) varies significantly across the European Union. In order to avoid a growing gap among EU Member States and facilitate the attainment of the 2030 renewable target, the Commission should adopt within one year after the entry into force of this Directive a legislative proposal establishing a financial instrument aimed at reducing the high risk-derived capital costs of renewable energy projects and on their competitiveness. in the European Union.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non- distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity marketdesigned so as to optimise the integration of electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market while offering renewable energy resources reasonable compensation for market distortions caused by inflexible generation capacity and by the absence of a liquid intra-day market throughout the EU as well as to ensure predictability and certainty to investors. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Except for small scale installations and demonstration projects, where Member States opt for direct support schemes for renewable electricity, they should take form of a sidling premium in addition to the market revenue.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Electricity generation from renewable sources should be deployed at the lowest possible costso as to minimise the long-term cost of the energy-transition for consumers and taxpayers. When designing support schemes and when allocating support, Member States should seek to minimise the overall system cost of deploymentalong the transition, taking full account of grid and system development needs, the resulting energy mix, and the long term potential of technologies. To this end Member States should retain the right to choose which renewable technology it wishes to promote through support schemes and to apply technology-specific tenders, in order to take account of the different maturity of renewable technologies as well as ensuring regional and technology diversification, efficient system planning and grid integration as well as the longer- term potential of new and innovative technologies and environmental constraints.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Member States should ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. Accordingly, Member States should define and publish a long- term schedule of planned support covering at least a five year period and design their tender procedures in a transparent, clear, predictable and non- discriminatory manner ensuring high project realisation rates as well as a wide participation of both large and small actors being key for a stable and low cost deployment of renewable energy.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16c) Renewable energy communities, cities and local authorities should be entitled to participate in available support schemes on an equal footing with other large participants. For this purpose, Member States should reduce administrative requirements, include community-focused bidding criteria, create tailored bidding windows for renewable energy communities, or allow them to be remunerated through direct support.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The opening of support schemes to cross-border participation limits negative impacts on the internal energy market and can, under certain conditions, help Member States achieve the Union target more cost- efficiently. Cross-border participationEstablishing open tenders is also the natural corollary to the development of the Union renewables policy, with a Union-level binding target replacing national binding targets. It is therefore appropriate to require Member States to progressively and partially open support to projects located in other Member States, and define several ways in which such progressive opening may be implemented, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including Articles 30, 34 and 110use open tenders, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including Articles 30, 34 and 110. The Commission shall assist Member States throughout the setting up of the cooperation arrangements, encourage the exchange of best practice and develop templates for cooperation agreements facilitating the overall process.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Without prejudice to adaptations of support schemes to bring them in line with State aid rulesArticles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, renewables support policies should be predictable, stable and avoid frequentany changes. Such changesPolicy unpredictability and instability have a direct impact on capital financing costs, the costs of project development and therefore on the overall cost of deploying renewables in the Union. Member States should announce in due advance any support change and adequately consult stakeholders. In any case, they should prevent the revision of any policy, regulation or support granted to renewable energy projects from having a negative impact on their economic viability. In this context, Member States should promote cost-effective support policies and ensure their financial sustainability.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Member States' obligations to draft renewable energy action plans and progress reports and the Commission's obligation to report on Member States' progress are essential in order to increase transparency, provide clarity to investors and consumers and allow for effective monitoring. Ensuring that citizen are at the centre of the energy transition, Member States should develop long-term strategies facilitating the generation of renewable energy by cities, renewable energy communities and self-consumers, within their renewable energy action plans. Regulation [Governance] integrates those obligations in the Energy Union governance system, where long-term strategies, planning, reporting and monitoring obligations in the energy and climate fields are streamlined. The transparency platform on renewable energy is also integrated in the broader e- platform established in Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of meeting the Union targets laid down in this Directive and to give flexibility to Member States to comply with their obligation not to go below their 2020 national targets after 2020, it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and to enable Member States to count energy from renewable sources consumed in other Member States towards their own national renewable energy sharetargets. For this reason, cooperation mechanisms are required to complement the obligations to open upfacilitate the opening up of support to projects located in other Member States. Those mechanisms include statistical transfers, joint projects between Member States or joint support scheme, Renewable Projects of European Interests (RPEIs) as defined by the Regulation [Governance] or joint support schemes. In order to facilitate the setting up of such mechanism of cooperation, the Commission should assist Member States by providing technical assistance and guidance throughout the process.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Member States should be encouraged to pursue all appropriate forms of cooperation in relation to the objectives set out in this Directive. Such cooperation can take place at all levels, bilaterally or multilaterally. Apart from the mechanisms with effect on targethe national renewable energy sharetarget calculation and target compliance, which are exclusively provided for in this Directive, namely statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects and joint support schemes, cooperation can also take the form of, for example, exchanges of information and best practices, as provided for, in particular, in the e-platform established by Regulation [Governance], and other voluntary coordination between all types of support schemes.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It should be possible for imported electricity, produced from renewable energy sources outside the Union, to count towards Member States’' renewable energy sharestargets. However, to avoid a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions through the diversion of existing renewable sources and their complete or partial replacement by conventional energy sources, only electricity produced by renewable energy installations that become operational after the entry into force of this Directive or by the increased capacity of an installation that was refurbished after that date should be eligible to be counted. In order to guarantee an adequate effect of energy from renewable sources replacing conventional energy in the Union as well as in third countries it is appropriate to ensure that such imports can be tracked and accounted for in a reliable way. Agreements with third countries concerning the organisation of such trade in electricity from renewable energy sources will be considered. If, by virtue of a decision taken under the Energy Community Treaty18 to that effect, the contracting parties to that Treaty are bound by the relevant provisions of this Directive, the measures of cooperation between Member States provided for in this Directive should be applicable to them. __________________ 18 OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18. OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) When Member States undertake joint projects with one or more third countries regarding the production of electricity from renewable energy sources, it is appropriate that those joint projects relate only to newly constructed installations or to installations with newly increased capacity. This will help ensure that the proportion of energy from renewable sources in the third country's total energy consumption is not reduced due to the importation of energy from renewable sources into the Union. In addition, the Member States concerned should facilitate the domestic use by the third country concerned of part of the production of electricity by the installations covered by the joint project. Furthermore, the third country concerned should be encouraged by the Commission and Member States to develop a renewable energy policy, including ambitious targets.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) At national and regional level, rules and obligations for minimum requirements for the use of energy from renewable sources in new and renovated buildings have led to considerable increases in the use of energy from renewable sources. Those measures should be encouraged in a wider Union context, while promoting the use of more energy-efficient applications of energy from renewable sources in combination with energy saving and energy efficiency measures through building regulations and codes.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To ensure that national measures for developing renewable heating and cooling are based on comprehensive mapping and analysis of the national renewable and waste energy potential and provide for increased integration of renewable energy and waste heat and cold sources, it is appropriate to require that Member States carry out with the involvement of local and regional authorities an assessment of their national potential of renewable energy sources and the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling, in cluding early sparticular toal planning, needs and adequacy assessments taking account of the energy efficiency first principle, with the aim of facilitating the mainstreaming of renewable energy in heating and cooling installations and promote efficient and competitive renewable based district heating and cooling as defined by Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council21. To ensure consistency with energy efficiency requirements for heating and cooling and reduce administrative burden this assessment should be included in the comprehensive assessments carried out and notified in accordance with Article 14 of that Directive. __________________ 21 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) The lack of transparent rules and coordination between the different authorisation bodies has been shown to hinder the deployment of energy from renewable sources. The establishment of a single administrative contact point integrating or coordinating all permit- granting processes should reduce complexity and increase efficiency and transparency, including for renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities. Administrative approval procedures should be streamlined with transparent timetables for installations using energy from renewable sources. Planning rules and guidelines should be adapted to take into consideration cost- effective and environmentally beneficial renewable heating and cooling and electricity equipment. This Directive, in particular the provisions on the organisation and duration of the permit granting process, should apply without prejudice to international and Union law, including provisions to protect the environment and human health.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Lengthy administrative procedures constitute a major administrative barrier and are costly. The simplification of permit-granting processes, associated with a clear time-limit for the decision to be taken by the respective authorities regarding the construction of the project should stimulate a more efficient handling of procedures thus reducing administrative costs. Applicants should be entitled to have access to fair, transparent, independent and effective out of court resolution mechanism for the settlement of disputes in the context of the permit- granting processes and the issuance of permit to build and operate renewable plants.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) In order to facilitate the contribution by micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), including renewable energy communities and individual citizens to the objectives set out in this Directive, authorisations should be replaced by simple notifications to the competent body for small renewable energy projects, under 50kW, including decentralised ones such as rooftop solar installations. Given the increasing need for the repowering of existing renewables plants, accelerated permit granting procedures should be set out.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Guarantees of origin issued for the purpose of this Directive have the sole function of showproving to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources. A guarantee of origin can be transferred, independently of the energy to which it relates, from one holder to another. However, with a view to ensuring that a unit of renewable energy is disclosed to a customer only once, double counting and double disclosure of guarantees of origin should be avoided. Energy from renewable sources in relation to which the accompanying guarantee of origin has been sold separately by the producer should not be disclosed or sold to the final customer as energy from renewable sources. Guarantees of origin are not support schemes.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should ensure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of origin. However, those guarantees of origin should be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for electricity that received support, the guarantees of origin should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) There is a need to support and optimise the integration of energy from renewable sources into the transmission and distribution grid and the use of energy storage systems for integrated variable production of energy from renewable sources, in particular as regards the rules regulating dispatch and access to the grid. Directive [Electricity Market Design] lays down the framework for the integration of electricity from renewable energy sources. However, this framework does not include provisions on the integration of gas from renewable energy sources into the gas grid. It is therefore necessary to keep them in this Directive. To this end, Member States shall ensure long-term grid and system planning and take appropriate steps to develop transmission and distribution grid infrastructure, intelligent networks, storage as well as interconnections between Member States and Member States and third countries, in order to ensure system readiness for the uptake of increasing levels of electricity produced from renewable sources.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) Interconnection among countries facilitates integration of electricity from renewable energy sources. Besides smoothing out variability, interconnection can reduce balancing costs, encourage true competition bringing about lower prices, and support the development of networks. Also, the sharing and optimal use of transmission capacity could help avoid excessive need for newly built capacity.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48 b (new)
Recital 48 b (new)
(48b) Priority access and guaranteed access for electricity from renewable energy sources are important for integrating renewable energy sources into the internal market in electricity. Requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid and to the dispatching may differ according to the characteristics of the national grid and its secure operation. Priority access to the grid provides an assurance given to connected generators of electricity from renewable energy sources that they will be able to sell and transmit the electricity from renewable energy sources in accordance with connection rules at all times, whenever the source becomes available. In the event that the electricity from renewable energy sources is integrated into the spot market, guaranteed access ensures that all electricity sold and supported obtains access to the grid, allowing the use of a maximum amount of electricity from renewable energy sources from installations connected to the grid. However, this does not imply any obligation on the part of Member States to support or introduce purchase obligations for energy from renewable sources. In other systems, a fixed price is defined for electricity from renewable energy sources, usually in combination with a purchase obligation for the system operator. In such a case, priority access has already been given.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48 c (new)
Recital 48 c (new)
(48c) In certain circumstances it is not possible fully to ensure transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources without affecting the reliability or safety of the grid system. In such circumstances it may be appropriate for financial compensation to be given to those producers as defined by the Regulation [MDI]. Nevertheless, the objectives of this Directive require a sustained increase in the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources without affecting the reliability or safety of the grid system. To this end, Member States shall ensure that when dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources, unless in so far that the secure operation of the national electricity system is not under threat and that the share of variable renewable energy sources in the final electricity consumption of the Member State concerned is equivalent to at least 33% and the Member State concerned is on track to meet its national target for 2030 while the Member State concerned has fully opened all its markets, including balancing markets, to the participation of renewable energy sources and established a transparent methodology related to the curtailment rules. When the Member State concerned decides to remove priority dispatch for renewable energy sources on the basis of these criteria, it shall adopt grid and market-related operational appropriate measures mitigating the negative effect of the change on existing renewable generation units. Further, the Member State concerned shall justify that the removal of priority dispatch will not affect the target of reduction of the overall greenhouse gas emissions of the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Meanwhile, priority dispatch shall in any case be maintained for installations with a maximum capacity of [de minimis threshold] and for installations operated by renewable energy communities.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48 d (new)
Recital 48 d (new)
(48d) The costs of connecting new producers of electricity and gas from renewable energy sources to the electricity and gas grids should be fully borne by transmission system operators and distribution system operators and due account should be taken of the benefit that embedded producers of electricity from renewable energy sources and local producers of gas from renewable sources bring to the electricity and gas grids. National regulatory authorities shall ensure cost recovery for grid operators. While conventional energy generators have historically not supported the cost of grid extension and reinforcement, it would be unfair to impose this cost to renewable energy sources.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The opportunities for establishing economic growth through innovation and a sustainable competitive energy policy have been recognised. Production of energy from renewable sources often depends on local or regional SMEs. The opportunities for growth andlocal business development, sustainable growth and high-quality employment that investments in regional and local production of energy from renewable sources bring about in the Member States and their regions are important. The Commission and the Member States should therefore foster and support national and regional development measures in those areas, encourage the exchange of best practices in production of energy from renewable sources between local and regional development initiatives and promoteenhance the provision of technical assistance and training programmes, in order to strengthen regulatory, technical and financial expertise on the ground and foster knowledge on available funding possibilities, including a more targeted use of EU funds, such as the use of cohesion policy funding in this area.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49 a (new)
Recital 49 a (new)
(49a) Local and regional authorities often have set more ambitious renewable targets in excess of national targets. Regional and local commitments to stimulating development of renewables and energy efficiency are currently supported through networks, such as the Covenant of Mayors, Smart Cities or Smart Communities initiatives, and the development of sustainable energy action plans. Such networks are indispensable and should be expanded, as they raise awareness, facilitate exchange of best practices and available financial support. In this context, the Commission should also support interested frontrunner regions and local authorities to work across borders by assisting in setting up cooperation mechanisms, such as European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation that enables public authorities of various Member States to team up and deliver joint services and projects, without requiring a prior international agreement to be signed and ratified by national parliaments.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) When favouring the development of the market for renewable energy sources, it is necessary to take into account the positive impact on regional and local development opportunities, export prospects, social cohesion and employment opportunities, in particular as concerns SMEs and independent energy producers, including renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 a (new)
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) The establishment of renewable energy communities represent opportunities for local and regional authorities to collaborate with individual citizens and SMEs to support the above objectives. These efforts should be encouraged by Member States through, inter alia, the development of an assessment of potential for how local and regional authorities can work together with citizens to help contribute to the achievement of national renewable energy objectives, the establishment of objectives for renewable energy communities, and by encouraging regional and local authorities to set objectives for enabling renewable energy produced by local renewable energy communities.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) The specific situation of the outermost regions is recognised in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The energy sector in the outermost regions is often characterised by isolation, limited supply and dependence on fossil fuels while these regions benefit from important local renewable sources of energy. The outermost regions could thus serve as examples of the application of innovative energy technologies for the Union and become 100% renewable territories. It is therefore necessary to promote the uptake of renewable energy in order to achieve a higher degree of energy autonomy for those regions and recognise their specific situation in terms of renewable energy potential and public support needs.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) It is appropriate to allow for the development of decentralised renewable energy technologies and storage under non- discriminatory conditions and without hampering the financing of infrastructure investments. The move towards decentralised energy production has many benefits, including the utilisation of local energy sources, increased local security of energy supply, shorter transport distances and reduced energy transmission losses. Such decentralisation also fosters community development and cohesion by providing income sources and creating jobs locally.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) With the growing importance of self-consumption of renewable electricity, there is a need for a definition of renewable self-consumers and a regulatory framework which would empower self-consumers to generate, store, consume and sell electricity without facing disproportionate burdens. CollectiveTariffs and remuneration for self- consumption should be allowed in certain cases so that citizens living in apartments for example cincentivise smarter renewables integration technologies and motivate renewables self- consumers to make investment decisions that mutually benefit the consumer and the grid. To allow for such a balance, it is necessary to ensure that renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities are entitled to receive a remuneration for the self-generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid which reflects the market value of the electricity fed in, as well as the long-term value to the grid, the environment and society. This must include both long-term costs and benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as houses of self-consumption in terms of avoided costs to the grid, society and the environment, especially when combined with other distributed energy resources such as energy efficiency, energy storage, demand response and community networks. This remuneration shoulds in single family homes be determined on the basis of the cost benefit analysis of distributed energy resources under Article 59 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864].
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53 a (new)
Recital 53 a (new)
(53a) Collective self-consumption should be allowed in certain cases so that citizens living in apartments for example can benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as households in single family homes. Enabling collective self- consumption also provides opportunities for renewable energy communities to advance energy efficiency at household level and help fight energy poverty through reduced consumption and lower supply tariffs. Member States should seize on this opportunity by, inter alia, assessing the possibility for renewable energy communities to contribute towards the reduction of fuel poverty and to enable participation by households that might otherwise not be able to participate, including vulnerable consumers and tenants.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) The specific characteristics of local renewable energy communities in terms of size, ownership structure and the number of projects can hamper their competition on equal footing with large-scale players, namely competitors with larger projects or portfolios. Measures to offset those disadvantages include enabling renewable energy communities to operate in the energy system, aggregate their offers, and easinge their market integration, including through guaranteed participation in support schemes, specific authorisation procedures, and enhanced information and guidance.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
(55a) Renewable energy communities should be entitled to participate in available support schemes on an equal footing with other large participants. To this end, Member States should reduce administrative requirements, include community-focused bidding criteria and create tailored bidding windows, or allow them to be remunerated through direct support.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Representing around half of the final energy consumption of the Union, heating and cooling is considered to be a key sector in accelerating the decarbonisation of the energy system. Moreover, it is also a strategic sector in terms of energy security, as it is projected that around 40% of the renewable energy consumption by 2030 should come from renewable heating and cooling. TYet, fossil fuels still account for 75 % of fuel used in the sector, while the absence of a harmonised strategy at Union level, the lack of internalisation of external costs and the fragmentation of heating and cooling markets have led to relatively slow progress in this sector so far.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Several Member States have implemented measures in the heating and cooling sector to reach their 2020 renewable energy target. However, in the absence of binding national targets post- 2020, the remaining national incentives may not be sufficient to reach the long- term decarbonisation goals for 2030 and 2050A heating and cooling sector compatible with the EU´s energy and climate goals and the Paris Agreement needs to be based on 100 % renewables by 2050 at the latest, which can only be achieved through reducing our energy consumption and making full use of the energy efficiency first fuel principle. In order to be in line with such goals, reinforce investor certainty and foster the development of a Union-wide renewable heating and cooling market, while respecting the energy efficiency first principle, it is appropriate to encourage the effort of Member Staterequire Member States to step up their efforts in the supply of renewable heating and cooling to contribute to the progressive increase of the share of renewable energy via an obligation on heating and cooling fuel suppliers. Given the fragmented nature of some heating and cooling markets, it is of utmost importance to ensure flexibility in designing such an effort. It is also important to ensure that a potential uptake of renewable heating and cooling does not have detrimental environmental side-effects. Due to the local nature of heating and cooling, local and regional authorities are key in translating renewable heating and cooling policies into concrete action, setting the right policies regarding planning and implementing heating and cooling infrastructure and in consulting consumers, in order to remove obstacles and make heating and cooling more efficient and sustainable;
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) The Energy Union strategy also recognised the role of the citizen in the energy transition, where citizens take ownership of the energy transition, benefit from new technologies to reduce their bills, and participate actively in the market. Accordingly, citizen should be provided with better information about their energy consumption and the possible energy savings and benefits of renewable-based upgrades of their heating systems, including the possibility of producing and consuming their own renewable energy for heating and cooling, while adequate support and enhanced information and assistance for energy-poor citizens should be reinforced;
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) The use of efficient renewable- based heating or cooling systems should go hand in hand with a deep renovation of buildings, thereby reducing energy demand and costs for consumers and contributing to alleviating energy poverty as well as creating qualified local jobs. To this end, the potential synergies between anthe effort to increase the uptake of renewable heating and cooling and the existing schemes under Directives 2010/31/EU and 2012/27/EU should be emphasised. Member States should, to the extent possible, have the possibility to use existing administrative structures to implement such effort, in order to mitigate the administrative burden.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 67
Recital 67
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 201 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 201 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 96 a (new)
Recital 96 a (new)
(96a) Encouraging electro-mobility requires to establish measures ensuring that electric vehicles are supplied by additional renewable energy sources. In order to ensure additionally, Member States should establish financing platforms, and fuel suppliers who cannot prove that they are supplying 100% renewable electricity for electric mobility should contribute to that fund.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 96 b (new)
Recital 96 b (new)
(96b) A methodology to measure electricity consumed in road and rail transport and aviation should be developed to ensure the possibility to measure accurately the amount of renewable electricity consumed in transport in the long-term. This could be done by introducing obligatory on-board metering and anonymous data collection from the connected vehicles, in accordance with the EU data protection framework.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 99
Recital 99
(99) In order to amend or supplement non-essential elements of the provisions of this Directive, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the list of feedstocks for the production of advanced biofuels, the contribution of which towards the fuel suppliers' obligation in transport is limited including associated estimated indirect emissions; the adaptation of the energy content of transport fuels to scientific and technical progress; the methodology to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process; the implementation of agreements on mutual recognition of guarantees of origin; the establishment of rules to monitor the functioning of the system of guarantees of origin; and the rules for calculating the greenhouse gas impact of biofuels, bioliquids and their fossil fuel comparators. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 101
Recital 101
(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2745% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a bindingmandatory national and Union targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, renewable energy communities, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, cross-border and regional cooperation between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training via statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects, joint and open tenders, joint support schemes and renewable projects of Energy Union interests (RPEI) as defined in the [governance Regulation], guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training, and access to the electricity and gas grid and heating and cooling infrastructure for energy from renewable sources. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘ambient heat’' means heat energy at a useful temperature level which is extracted or captured by means of heat pumps that need electricity or other auxiliary energy to function, and which can be stored in the ambient air, beneath the surface of solid earth (except exhaust air) or in surface water. The reported values shall be established on the basis of the same methodology used for the reporting of heat energy extracted or captured by heat pumps;
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) 'geothermal energy' means energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of solid earth;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) ‘gross final consumption of energy’' means the energy commodities delivered for energy purposes to industry, transport, households, services including public services, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, including the consumption of electricity and heat by the energy branch for electricity and heat, heat and transport fuel production and including losses of electricity and heat in distribution and transmission;
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) ‘´guarantee of origin’' means an electronic document which has the sole function of providing proof to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from a specific renewable sources ;and/or type of renewable technology
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) ‘'support scheme’' means any instrument, scheme or mechanism applied by a Member State or a group of Member States, that promotes the use of energy from renewable sources by reducing the cost of that energy, increasing the price at which it can be sold, or increasing, by means of a renewable energy obligation or otherwise, the volume of such energy purchased. This includes, but is not restricted to, investment aid, tax exemptions or reductions, tax refunds, renewable energy obligation support schemes including those using green certificates, and direct price support schemes including feed-in tariffs and sliding premium payments;
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) ‘´renewable energy obligation’' means a national support scheme requiring energy producers to include a given proportion of energy from renewable sources in their production, requiring energy suppliers to include a given proportion of energy from renewable sources in their supply, or requiring energy consumers to include a given proportion of energy from renewable sources in their consumption. This includes schemes under which such requirements may be fulfilled by using green certificates;
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
(y) 'waste heat or cold' means unavoidable heat or cold which is generated as by-product in industrial or power genprocesses or from the teration installationsary sector, and which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system;
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point z
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point z
(z) ‘'repowering’' means renewing power plants producing renewable energy, including the full or partial replacement of installations or operation systems and equipment, in order to increase or replace capacity and/or increase efficiency;
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘'renewable self-consumer’' means an active customer or a group of jointly acting customers, as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its, or near, their premises, including a multi-apartment block, a residential area, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, including through aggregators, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point aa a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point aa a (new)
(aa a) ´renewable energy community´ means a local energy community as defined by Article 2.7 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM (2016) 846] that meets the requirements set out in Article 22, paragraph 1, of this Directive;
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c c
(cc) ‘´renewable power purchase agreement’' means a contract under which a legal or natural person agrees to purchase new additional renewable electricity directly from an energy generator and that does not benefit from a Member State support scheme;
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point cc a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point cc a (new)
(cc a) 'new additional renewable electricity´ means electricity from renewable sources generated in installations commissioned after the entry into force of this Directive and which do not benefit from a support scheme.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point r r
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point r r
(rr) 'opened tender' means a tender procedure for the installation of renewable energy plants organised by a Member State and opened for bids from projects located in to participation by one or several other Member States;
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point t t
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point t t
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
National and Union binding overall targets for 2030
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 27% shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources, in its gross final consumption of energy in 2030, is at least its national overall target for the share of energy from renewable sources in that year, as set out in the third column of the table in part A of Annex I. Such mandatory national overall targets are consistent with a target of at least a 45 % share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030. In order to achieve the targets laid down in this Article more easily, each Member State shall promote and encourage energy efficiency and energy saving and Member States shall cooperate with each other, notably at macro-regional level. The EU budget should support Member States in this endeavour.
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall introduce measures effectively designed to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds that shown in the mandatory trajectory set out in Part Aa of Annex I.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall introduce measures effectively designed to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds that shown in the linear trajectory set out in part B of Annex I.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States' respective contributions to this overall 2030 target shall be set and notified to the Commission asbinding target as set in Annex I shall be part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans in accordance with Articles 3 to 5 and Articles 9 to 11 of Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to reach the targets set in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article Member States may, inter alia, apply and use the following measures: (a) national support schemes; (b) measures of cooperation between Member States and with third countries for achieving their national overall targets in accordance with [Articles 5 and 11 to 13] and (c) renewable projects of Energy Union interest (RPEI) as defined in Article 11(a new).
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shallWith the objective to support the high ambition of Member States through an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, in particular financial instruments, especially in view of reducing the cost of capital for renewable energy projectsand facilitate the achievement of the Union and national binding targets for 2030, the Commission shall adopt within one year after the entry into force of this Directive a legislative proposal establishing renewable projects of Energy Union interest as stipulated in Article 13(a new).
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach thIn compliance with Article 194 TFEU, in order to reach or exceed the individual Member States´ and collective Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States mayhave the right apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraintscompensate for market failures and ensure predictability and certainty for investors, high project realisation rates as well as non-discriminatory participation of small actors and provide a long-term revenue perspective.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Support for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to optimise the integrateion of electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market and ensure that renewable energy producers are responding to market price signals and maximise their market revenues. incentivise renewable energy producers to respond to market price signals while offering renewable energy sources reasonable compensation for market distortions caused by inflexible generation capacity and lack of liquidity in intraday-markets. To this end support for electricity granted through direct support schemes shall take the form of a fixed or sliding premium paid in addition to the market revenue. Installations with an installed electricity capacity of less than 1 MW and demonstration projects, may receive non- market responsive support such as feed- in-tariffs.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that support for renewable electricity is granted inthrough an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost-effective mannercompetitive bidding process. Member States shall retain the right to use technology specific procedures to grant support.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall define and publish a long- term schedule in relation to the expected allocation for support, covering at least the following 5 years and including the indicative timing (including frequency of tenders where appropriate), the capacity, the budget or the maximum unitary support expected to be allocated and the eligible technologies.
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Member States may grant aid without competitive bidding procedures according to paragraph 3b (new) for small scale installations with an installed capacity of less than 1MW, except for wind energy projects of up to 6 generating units or 6 MW, and demonstrations projects, projects operated by a renewable energy community as well as in cases where it can be demonstrated that there is insufficient competition.
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 d (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Taking account of the different maturity of renewable technologies as well as ensuring regional and technology diversification, efficient system planning and grid integration (including grid constraints), as well as the longer-term potential of new and innovative technologies and environmental constraints, Member States shall retain the right to choose which renewable technology they wish to promote through support schemes and to apply technology- specific tenders.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources at least every fourive years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongation of support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments in their NECP and NECP updates in compliance with the [Governance Regulation].
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall have the right to decide, if and to which extent they support energy from renewable sources which is produced in a different Member State. Member States may decide to open support for electricity generated from renewable sources to generators located in other Member States under the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States that wish to do so shall ensure that support for at least 105% of the newly- supported capacity in each year between 2021 and 2025 and at least 150% of the newly-supported capacity in each year between 2026 and 2030 is open to installations located in other Member Statesgranted under procedures referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Support schemes may be opened to cross-border participation through, inter alia, opened tenders, joint tenders, opened certificate schemes, or joint support schemes. The allocation of renewable electricity benefiting from support under opened tenders, joint tenders or, opened certificate schemes towards Member States respective contributions shall be subject to a cooperation agreement setting out rules for the cross-border scheme, including conditions for participation and disbursement of funding, following the principle that energy should be counted towards the Member State funding the installation.
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess by 2025 the benefits on the cost-effective deployment of renewable electricity in the Union of provisions set out in this Article. On the basis of this assessmist Member States throughout the negotiation process and the setting up of the cooperation arrangements by providing information and analysis, including quantitative and qualitative data on direct and indirect cost and benefits of cooperation, as well as guidance and technical expertise throughout the process. To this entd, the Commission may propose to increase the percentages shall encourage exchange of best practice and develop templates for cooperation agreements facilitating the process. The Commission shall assess by 2027 Member States´ progress in making uset out in paragraph 2. f the various cooperation mechanisms set out in this Article.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Any modification shall be announced at least six month before the entry into force and shall be subject to a transparent and public consultation process. Any substantial changes to existing support schemes shall include an appropriate transitional period before the new support scheme enters into force.
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
When the rights and the economics of supported projects are significantly impacted by other regulatory and grid operation changes, such as adapted fiscal and grid charging regimes, Member States shall ensure that projects supported receive adequate compensation.
Amendment 663 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
In order to increase investors´ certainty and reduce the impact on consumers, the time period of the support granted shall be close to the life-time of the renewable installation.
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), gross final consumption of electricity from renewable energy sources shall be calculated as the quantity of electricity produced in a Member State from renewable energy sources, including the production of electricity from renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities and excluding the production of electricity in pumped storage units from water that has previously been pumped uphill.
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Ambient heat and geothermal energy captured by heat pumps for the production of heating and cooling shall be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph 1(b) provided that the final energy output significantly exceeds the primary energy input required to drive the heat pumps. The quantity of heat or cold to be considered as energy from renewable sources for the purposes of this Directive shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex VII.
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources in transport shall be calculated as the sum of all biofuels, biomass fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin consumed in the transport sector. However, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin that are produced from renewable electricity shall only be considered to be part of the calculation pursuant to paragraph 1(a) when calculating the quantity of electricity produced in a Member State from renewable energy sourcesconsumed in the transport sector.
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) deducted from the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in measuring the renewable energy sharecompliance with the national target of the Member State making the transfer for the purposes of this Directive ; and
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) added to the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in measuring the renewable energy share ofcompliance with the national target of the Member State accepting the transfer for the purposes of this Directive .
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the proportion or amount of electricity, heating or cooling from renewable energy sources produced by any joint project in their territory, that became operational after 25 June 2009, or by the increased capacity of an installation that was refurbished after that date, which is to be regarded as counting towards the national overall renewable energy sharetarget of another Member State for the purposes of this Directive. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate correspondingOr. en changes throughout.)
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall facilitate the establishment of joint projects between Member States, notably via dedicated technical assistance and project development assistance.
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) deducted from the amount of electricity or heating or cooling from renewable energy sources that is taken into account, in measuring the renewable energy sharecompliance with the national target of the Member State issuing the letter of notification under paragraph 1; and
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) added to the amount of electricity or heating or cooling from renewable energy sources that is taken into account in measuring the renewable energy sharecompliance with the national target of the Member State receiving the letter of notification in accordance with paragraph 2.
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Electricity from renewable energy sources produced in a third country shall be taken into account only for the purposes of measuring compliance with Member States' renewable energy sharetargets if the following conditions are met:
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) specify the proportion or amount of electricity produced from the installation which is to be regarded as counting towards the national renewable energy sharetarget of a Member State as well as, subject to confidentiality requirements, the corresponding financial arrangements; Or. en (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 698 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of calculatingmeasuring target compliance with the national overall renewable energy sharetargets under this Directive, the amount of electricity produced from renewable energy sources notified in accordance with paragraph 1(b) shall be added to the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account, in measuring the renewable energy sharetargets of the Member State issuing the letter of notification.
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of calculatingmeasuring target compliance with the national overall renewable energy sharetargets under this Directive, the amount of electricity or heating or cooling from renewable energy sources notified in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be reallocated between the concerned Member States in accordance with the notified distribution rule.
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall facilitate the establishment of joint support schemes between Member States, notably via the dissemination of guidelines and best practice.
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) simplified and less burdensome authorisation procedures, including through simple notification if allowed by the applicable regulatory frameworkconnection request procedures, are established for decentralised devices for producing energy from renewable sources, including for renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities and energy storage.
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities at national, regional and local level include provisions for the integration and deployment of renewable energy including for early spatial planning, for needs and adequacy assessments taking account of the energy efficiency first principle and demand response, for renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities, and the use of unavoidable waste heat or cold when planning, designing, building and renovating urban infrastructure, industrial, commercial or residential areas and energy infrastructure, including electricity, district heating and cooling, natural gas and alternative fuel networks. Member States shall, in particular, encourage local and regional administrative bodies to include heating and cooling from renewable energy sources in the planning of city infrastructure, where appropriate.
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall introduce in their building regulations and codes appropriate measures in order to enable increaseing the share of all kinds of energy from renewable sources in the building sector.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In establishing such measures or in their support schemes, Member States may take into account national measures relating to substantial increases in renewable self- consumption, energy efficiency and relating to cogeneration and to passive, low or zero-energy buildings.
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes or by other means with equivalent effect, require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in new buildings and in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation, reflecting the results of the cost-optimal calculation carried out pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall permit those minimum levels to be fulfilled, inter alia, using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources also produced through individual or collective self- consumption, as defined by article 21, or through renewable based cogeneration and district heating and cooling.
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that new public buildings, and existing public buildings that are subject to major renovation, at national, regional and local level fulfil an exemplary role in the context of this Directive from 1 January 2012 onwards. Member States may, inter alia, allow that obligation to be fulfilled by complying with standards for nearly zero energy housing, or by providing that the roofs of public or mixed private-public buildings are used by third parties for installations that produce energy from renewable sources provided that these installations cover a substantial part of the public buildings average energy need.
Amendment 749 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member State shall identify rooftops of public buildings that are the most suitable to the installation of renewable energy generation devices and facilitate their exploitation by renewable energy communities.
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. With respect to their building regulations and codes, Member States shall promote the use of renewable energy heating and cooling systems and equipment in combination with targeted energy efficiency and energy saving measures and the installation of individual meters that achieve a significant reduction of energy consumption. To this end Member States shall among others use energy or eco-labels or other appropriate certificates or standards developed at national or Union level, where these exist, as the basis for encouraging such systems and equipmentnd further ensure adequate information and advice on renewable, highly energy efficient alternatives as well as eventual financial instruments and incentives available in case of the replacement, in view of promoting an increased replacement rate of old heating systems and an increased switch to renewable energy based solutions as required in the Directive[EPBD].
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of renewable energy sources and of the use ofincluding spatial analysis of suitable areas, ensuring a far-sighted and sustainable renewable deployment as well as the use of unavoidable waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter.
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative barriers tocarry out an assessment of the barriers and potential of the purchase of energy from renewable sources by corporate customers in their territories and shall set up an enabling regulatory and administrative framework for enhancing corporate long- term renewable power purchase agreements (RPPA) to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake. With the conclusion of such RPPA, the equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled on behalf of the corporate customer.
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The single administrative contact point, in collaboration with transmission and distribution system operators, shall publish an accessible manual of procedures for renewable project developers, including for small scale projects and, renewable self- consumers projects and renewable energy community projects.
Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The permit granting process referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed a period of three years, except for the cases set out in Article 16 (4a) to (5) and Article 17.
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. For installations with an electricity capacity between 50 kW and 1MW, the permit granting procedure shall not exceed period of one year.
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Article 8, paragraph 3 of [recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864/2] shall apply to generating capacity installed by renewable energy communities as long as such capacity can be considered small decentralised or distributed generation.
Amendment 785 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Member States shall facilitate permitting procedures for RPEI as defined in the [Governance Regulation]
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall ensure applicants have access to simple, fair, transparent, independent, effective and efficient out of court resolution mechanism for the settlements of disputes concerning permit granting processes and the issuance of permit to build and operate renewable plants.
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title
Article 17 – title
Simple notificationconnection request procedures
Amendment 801 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Demonstration projects and installations with an electricity capacity of less than 50 kW shall be allowed to connect to the grid following a notification to the distribution system operatorwithin two months after the connection request addressed to the distribution system operator. This request shall be handled by the single administrative contact point once it is established, in accordance with Article 16.
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that information on support measures is made available to all relevant actors, such as consumers, in particular low-income, vulnerable consumers, renewable self- consumers, renewable energy communities builders, installers, architects, and suppliers of heating, cooling and electricity equipment and systems and of vehicles compatible with the use of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 815 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall make available to the public information on certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes as referred to in paragraph 3. Member States mayshall also make available the list of installers who are qualified or certified in accordance with the provisions referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that guidance is made available to all relevant actors, notably for planners and architects so that they are able properly to consider the optimal combination of renewable energy sources, of energy efficiency measures, of high-efficiency technologies and of renewable-based district heating and cooling when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial, commercial or residential areas. Member States may enhance the provision of technical assistance and training programmes for local staff in regional and local authorities, in order to enhance financial and technical expertise on the ground so as to smoothen administrative procedures as well as foster knowledge on available funding possibilities, including a more targeted use of EU funding.
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. Member States, with the participation of local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable accessible information, awareness-raising, guidance or training programmes in order to inform citizens, of the technological, environmental and economic benefits and practicalities of developing and using energy from renewable sources., including through renewables self-consumption and participation in renewable energy communities
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of proving to final customers the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in an energy supplier’s energy mix and in the energy supplied to consumers under contracts marketed with reference to the consumption of energy from renewable sources , Member States shall ensure that the origin of energy produced from renewable energy sources can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive, in accordance with objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria. Guarantees of origin shall solely function as a tracing and tracking tool and shall only be traded, if the renewable installation is new and additional.
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
To that end, Member States shall ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producer of energy from renewable sources. Member States may arrshall simplify the issuangce ofor guarantees of origin to be issued for non-renewable energy sourcfor small installations and energy communities. Issuance of guarantees of origin may be made subject to a minimum capacity limit. A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. No more than one guarantee of origin shall be issued in respect of each unit of energy produced.
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 861 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the specific energy source and type of renewable technology from which the energy was produced and the start and end dates of production;
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 11
Article 19 – paragraph 11
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Member States shall require grid operators and national regulators to ensure long-term grid and system planning and take appropriate steps to develop transmission and distribution grid infrastructure, intelligent networks, storage facilities and the electricity system, in order to ensure system readiness for the uptake of increasing levels of electricity production from renewable energy sources and a secure operation of the electricity system, including interconnection between Member States and between Member States and third countries. Member States shall also take appropriate steps to accelerate authorisation procedures for grid infrastructure and to coordinate approval of grid infrastructure with administrative and planning procedures.
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Subject to requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria defined by the competent national authorities: (a) 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; (b) Member States shall also provide for either priority access or guaranteed access to the grid-system of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; (c) Member States shall ensure that when dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources, unless in so far that the secure operation of the national electricity system is not under threat and that all the following conditions are met: (i) the share of variable renewable energy sources in the final electricity consumption of the Member State concerned is equivalent to at least 33% (ii) the Member State concerned is on track to meet its national target for 2030 (iii) the Member State concerned has fully opened all its markets, including all ancillary services, to the participation of renewable energy sources and established a transparent methodology related to the curtailment rules When the Member State concerned decides to remove priority dispatch for newly to be installed renewable energy capacities on the basis of these criteria, it shall adopt grid and market-related operational appropriate measures mitigating the negative effect of the change on existing renewable generation units. The Member State concerned shall justify that the removal of priority dispatch will not affect the target of reduction of the overall greenhouse gas emissions of the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Priority dispatch shall in any case be maintained for installations with a maximum capacity of 1 MW and for installations operated by renewable energy communities.
Amendment 883 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to bear in full the costs of technical adaptations, such as grid connections and grid reinforcements, improved operation of the grid and make public rules on the non- discriminatory implementation of the grid codes, which are necessary in order to ensure the integration of new producers feeding electricity produced from renewable energy sources into the grid, with particular attention to producers located in peripheral regions and in regions of low population density. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall be allowed to ask the national authorities to recover the costs.
Amendment 884 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 c (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to ensure that any new producer of energy from renewable sources wishing to be connected to the system is granted access without bearing the costs of grid connection as referred to in paragraph 4 and provided with the comprehensive and necessary information required, including: (a) a reasonable and precise timetable for receiving and processing the request for grid connection; (b) a reasonable indicative timetable for any proposed grid connection. Member States may allow producers of electricity from renewable energy sources wishing to be connected to the grid to issue a call for tender for the connection work.
Amendment 885 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 d (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Member States shall ensure that the charging of transmission and distribution tariffs does not discriminate against electricity from renewable energy sources, including in particular electricity from renewable energy sources produced in peripheral regions, such as island regions, and in regions of low population density. Member States shall ensure that the charging of transmission and distribution tariffs does not discriminate against gas from renewable energy sources
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 e (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Member States shall ensure that tariffs charged by transmission system operators and distribution system operators for the transmission and distribution of electricity from plants using renewable energy sources reflect realisable cost benefits resulting from the plant's connection to the network. Such cost benefits could arise from the direct use of the low-voltage grid
Amendment 899 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Where relevant, Member States shall assess the need to extend existing gas network infrastructure to facilitate the integration of gas from renewable energy sources. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall be responsible for guaranteeing a smooth functioning of the gas network infrastructure, including its maintenance and regular cleaning.
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall also require transmission and distribution system operators to bear in full the costs of technical adaptations, such as grid connections and grid reinforcements, improved operation of the grid and make public rules on the non-discriminatory implementation of the grid codes, which are necessary in order to ensure the integration of new producers feeding gas produced from renewable energy sources into the grid, with particular attention to producers located in peripheral regions and in regions of low population density.
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that final customers are entitled to become renewable self-consumers, both individually or through aggregatorsand collectively. To this end, Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers, individually:
Amendment 927 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, including through aggregators or power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost- reflectivecriminatory or disproportionately burdensome procedures and charges;
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) are entitled to install and operate electricity storage systems combined with installations generating renewable electricity for self-consumption without being subject to any charge, including double grid fees for stored electricity;
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) may decide to become a member of a renewable energy community and to participate voluntarily in any individual or collective renewable energy project, independently of whether they own or rent the premises;
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons500 MWh on an annual basis; and
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) receive a remuneration for the self- generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid which reflects at least the market value of the electricity fed in. , as well as the long-term value to the grid, the environment and society, in line with the cost benefit analysis of distributed energy resources under Article 59 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864]. Member States may set a higher threshold than the one set out in point (c).
Amendment 952 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) Contribute to the general grid and network development cost in a fair, proportionate manner
Amendment 963 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, or located in the same commercial, or shared services, svicinitey or closed distribution system,f the building are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were an individual renewable self- consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self-consumer concerned.
Amendment 973 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The renewable self-consumer's installation may be managedowned or managed, with consent by the self-consumer, by a third party for installation, operation, including metering, and maintenance.
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of self- consumption in their territories, in order to put in place an enabling framework to promote and facilitate the development of renewable self-consumption. That framework shall include: (a) specific measures, including financial incentives, to encourage participation in self-consumption by low-income households at risk of energy poverty, including those who are tenants; (b) tools to facilitate access to finance; incentives for developers to undertake projects sited in social housing; (d) incentives to building owners to create opportunities for self-consumption for tenants; (e) the removal of all regulatory barriers to renewable self-consumption. This assessment and enabling framework shall be part of the national climate and energy plans in accordance with Regulation [on the Governance of the Energy Union]
Amendment 979 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that renewable energy communities are entitled to generate, consume, store and sell renewable energy, including through power purchase agreements, without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost-reflective. all local and regional authorities and final customers, provided that, for non- household customers that they are an SME and their participation does not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity, be entitled to participate in a renewable energy community. Member States shall ensure that renewable energy communities are entitled to generate, consume, store and sell renewable energy, including through power purchase agreements, supply to members of the community, and on organised markets, either individually or through a third party intermediary, without being subject to discriminatory or disproportionately burdensome procedures and charges.
Amendment 985 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be a local energy community as defined in [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM (2016) 864] that is an SME or a not-for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources,. , To benefit from treatment as a renewable energy community, at least 51% of the seats in the board of directors or managing bodies of the entity shall be reserved for local members, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts. In addition, they must fulfilling at least four out of the following criteria:
Amendment 994 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) shareholders or members, of which there shall be multiple, are natural persons, local authorities, including municipalities, or SMEs operating in the fields or renewable energy;
Amendment 1006 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Amendment 1014 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) participation is voluntary and open to all potentially interested local shareholders, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts, that are eligible under criteria (a)
Amendment 1023 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities.
Amendment 1024 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of renewable energy communities in their territories in order to put in place an enabling framework to promote and facilitate participation by renewable energy communities in the generation, consumption, storage and sale of renewable energy. That framework shall include: (a) objectives and specific measures to help local and regional authorities enable the development of renewable energy communities, and to participate directly; (b) specific measures, including investment support, to encourage participation in renewable energy communities by low-income households at risk of energy poverty, including those who are tenants; (c) tools to facilitate access to finance and information; (d) regulatory and capacity-building support to local and regional authorities in setting up local companies active in the generation, consumption, storage and sale of renewable energy (e) the removal of all regulatory and administrative barriers to renewable energy communities. This assessment and enabling framework shall be part of the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Regulation [on the Governance of the Energy Union].
Amendment 1031 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member States shall endeavourrequire fuel suppliers of heating and cooling, in combination with applying the energy efficiency first principle and energy saving measures, to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling technologies, by at least 12 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7. The 2 pp shall be taken as an average over the previous three years. When designing policies to support fuel suppliers in fulfilling their obligations, Member States shall prioritise the best available technologies, such as solar thermal, geothermal, highly efficient heat pumps or electricity from renewable energy sources. They shall encourage the use of biomass in processes where it is difficult for other renewable technologies to deliver an equivalent performance, notably for process heat.
Amendment 1046 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When calculating the share of renewable energy supplies for heating and cooling for the purpose of paragraph 1, Member States shall count waste heat and cold using a multiplier of 0.5.
Amendment 1047 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. By derogation to paragraph 1, Member States where the share of renewable energy sources in the heating and cooling sector is higher than 50% may reduce to 1% this obligation for heat and cold suppliers.
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States mayshall designate and make public, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, a list of measures and the implementing entities, such as fuel suppliers, which shall contribute towhich shall implement the increase set out in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1059 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) physical incorporation of renewable energy and waste heat or cold in the energy and energy fuel supplied for heating and cooling;
Amendment 1064 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) direct mitigation measures such as installation of highly efficient renewable heating and cooling systems in buildings or renewable energy and waste heat or cold use for industrial heating and cooling processes;
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) other policy measures with an equivalent effect to reach the increase set out in paragraph 1 such as national fiscal measures or other financial incentives;
Amendment 1072 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1076 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the total amount of energy supplied for heating and cooling by type of renewable energy;
Amendment 1079 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the total amount of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by type of renewable energy;
Amendment 1083 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) the total amount of waste heat or cold supplied for heating and cooling;
Amendment 1086 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
(ca) the share of waste heat or cold in the total amount of energy supplied for heating and cooling
Amendment 1089 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) the type of renewable energy source and waste heat or cold .
Amendment 1096 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 24 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Member States shall support the renovation of existing and the development of new high-efficiency district heating and cooling networks fuelled exclusively by renewable energy sources and waste heat or cold, following a positive economic and environmental cost/benefit analysis undertaken in partnership with local authorities involved.
Amendment 1100 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consumers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy in their systems. Such information shall be provided on an annual basis or upon request in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to allow customers of those district heating or cooling systems which are not 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU to disconnect from the systemcancel their contract with district heating and cooling operators in order to produce heating or cooling from renewable energy sources themselves, or to switch to another supplier of heat or cold which has access to the system referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 1160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 1181 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Fuel suppliers only supplying fuels in the form of renewable electricity do not need to comply with the minimum share of advanced biofuels other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX. They shall however be submitted to the obligations established under Article 25a (new) of this Directive.
Amendment 1183 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for the calculation of the denominator, that is the energy content of road and rail transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market, petrol, diesel, natural gas, biofuels, biogas, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste- based fossil fuels and electricity, shall be taken into account;
Amendment 1188 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, and renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waselectricity supplied to all transport sectors , shall be taken into account. After based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity) For the calculation of RES electricity supplied to road vehicles, only electricity from renewable sources consumed at dedicated charging stations shall be taken into account. In addition, electricity from renewable sources supplied to road vehicles, at other locations shall only be taken into account if it is properly metered.
Amendment 1206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 1.2 times their energy content.
Amendment 1217 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
To determine the share of renewable electricity for the purposes of paragraph 1 either the average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Member State where the electricity is supplied, as measured two years before the year in question mayshall be used. In both cases, aHowever, electricity obtained from a direct connection to an installation generating electricity exclusively from renewable sources that is not connected to the grid can be fully counted as renewable electricity. An equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled.
Amendment 1219 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1
Amendment 1229 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Amendment 1233 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The national databases shall be interlinked so as to allow transactions of fuels between Member States to be traced. In order to ensuThe Commission is empowered the compatibility of national databases, the Commission shall set outo adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 in order to supplement this directive by establishing technical specifications of their content and use by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31of the database.
Amendment 1240 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall report on the aggregated information from the national databases, including fuels' life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with Annex VII of Regulation [Governance]. The Commission shall publish, on an annual basis, aggregated information from the database.
Amendment 1247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2025, in the context of the biennial assessment of progress made pursuant to Regulation [Governance], the Commission shall assess whether the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 effectively stimulates innovation and promotensures greenhouse gas savings in the transport sector, and whether the applicable greenhouse gas savings requirements for biofuels and biogas are appropriate. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the obligation laid down in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1248 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 1249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Within three months after entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall determine for each Member State the amount and share of final electricity consumed for transport (road, rail, aviation) ("the baseline").
Amendment 1278 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part A
Annex I – Part A
Amendment 1281 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part Aa (new)
Annex I – Part Aa (new)
B.TRAJECTORY The trajectory referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) shall consist of the following shares binding interim targets of energy from renewable sources: S2020 + 0,20 (S2030 – S2020), as an average for the two-year period 2021 to 2022; S2020 + 0,40 (S2030 – S2020), as an average for the two-year period 2023 to 2024; S2020 + 0,60 (S2030 – S2020), as an average for the two-year period 2025 to 2026; and S2020 + 0,80 (S2030 – S2020), as an average for the two-year period 2027 to 2028, where S2020 = the share for that Member State in 2020 as indicated in the table in part A, and S2030 = the share for that Member State in 2030 as indicated in the table in part A.