17 Amendments of Niki TZAVELA related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the European Commission calculated that optimal trade in renewables could save up to 8 billion Euro per year;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas the Energy Roadmap recognises that "gas will be critical in the transformation of the energy system;" providing both variable load and baseload to support renewables;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the Commission that, in future, RES will account for a growing share of energy provision in Europe, both for electricity supply and for the heating and cooling and transport sectors, and that they will reduce Europe's dependence on conventional energysectors; in this context believes that substantial flexible generation will still be required to support increasing quantities of variable renewables in the power mix;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that some renewable energy sources, such as geothermal, can provide heat and power locally and continuously; is of the view that those local sources of energy increase energy independence, including for isolated communities;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recognises that the potential of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by increasing the use of biomethane in vehicles for short and long distances, particularly in heavy duty vehicles, and the use of electricity in vehicles for short distances within cities, is significant;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that complicated authorisation procedures and planning processes that may take months or years and fear of retroactive changes to support schemes, increase project risk; such high risks, particularly in countries with stressed capital markets, result in very high cost of capital, raising the cost of renewable energy projects and undermining their competitiveness;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Highlights the need for simplified administrative procedures and stable and efficient support schemes which can be adapted over time and phased out when technologies and supply chains mature and become competitive and market failures are resolved;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that the Renewable Energy Directive created cooperation mechanisms to enable renewable energy produced in one Member State to count towards the target of another; regrets that these have not yet been widely exploited despite the potential economic benefits for both parties;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses that infrastructure development is urgent and critical for the success of the single market and for the integration of renewable energy; early adoption of the legislative proposals of the energy infrastructure package is crucial in that respect, in particular for speeding up the construction of new infrastructure with a cross-border impact;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that, in order to guarantee supply security, the development of RES with fluctuating feed-in will necessitate reserves of conventional energy not previously availableoperating only very few hours; recognises that the development of reserve capacity entails substantial costs and that, to make the development or retention of conventional reserves more commercially attractive, it will increasingly need to be promoted without distorting the energy market; rejects the concept of competition for subsidies and calls for the principles of the market economy to be applied to the design of the energy market by removing existing market distortions as a priority; if energy-only markets do not produce the remuneration required for a balanced market with a high share of electricity from intermittent RES and sufficient backup capacity, a complementary market design element with capacity mechanisms coordinated at EU level may be one approach to correct the lack of adequate profitability;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Highlights that the expansion of the RES market in Europe has to take into account the non-availability of the raw materials required for the construction of photovoltaic panels, which makes Europe's industry non-competitive on the global market;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recognises that gas infrastructure will play an important role in the development of renewable energy across Europe; biogas, as a renewable energy, can easily be fed, as biomethane, into the existing gas grid infrastructure today; new technologies such as "power to hydrogen" and "power to gas", will further benefit the future low-carbon economy framework, making use of existing and new infrastructures that should be promoted and developed;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that it is particularly important for investors in renewable energy sources to engage with and build strong relationships with local communities, particularly in the ex ante phase;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Points out that in some regions, particularly in small communities and islands, the deployment of windmills and photovoltaic panels has been met by public opposition; underlines that windmills and photovoltaic panels are perceived to have an adverse effect on tourist industries as well as on the nature and form of countryside/island landscapes;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; this in turn will ensure the predictability and viability of the RES investments; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Underlines that specific 2030 renewables milestones can only be designed after reflection on the state of post-2020 energy and climate policies, the degree of competition in Europe's electricity, heating and cooling and transport fuel markets, and the degree of energy diversity and technology innovation expected by 2020;