34 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2012/2103(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the benefits to Member States of working together for an energy system transformation which must start now; endorses, therefore, the Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050 as the basis for proposing legislative and other initiatives on energy policy with a view to developing an energy and climate change policy framework for 2030, including milestones and targets; notes that defining energy targettargets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewables and energy efficiency and milestones for 20540 assumes pan- European governancend 2050; pursues, within the spirit of the Union, a strategy that will allow Member States to cooperate and not feel repressed under the Roadmap;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the proposed strategies for 2030 andcenarios for 2050 are not of a deterministic nature, but rather serve as a basis for constructive dialogue on issues relating to industry, research and energyhow to transform Europe's energy system;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of the EU's energy policy amidst the financial crisis; emphasises the role that energy could potentially play in spurring growthrenewable energy and energy savings play in spurring jobs, energy independence and competitiveness in the EU; calls on the Commission to propose post-2020 strategies and to present a 2030 policy framework for European energy policy based on the no-regrets options identified; encourages the Member States to step up their ongoing efforts to reach the current 2020 targets in the area of EU energy policy;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a clear policy and regulatory framework will stimulate the necessary investments for low-carbon energy investmentsin renewable energy and energy efficiency; Underlines the importance of an energy strategy focused on environmental sustainability, increasing the EU's energy security and economic competitiveness through measures such as the diversification of supply routes and sources, and energy saving and energy efficiency;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges the Union's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050; underlines the need for urgent action at local, regional, national, international, and global levels to adequately address the task of limiting global average surface temperature increases to less than 2 degrees centigrade in order to prevent further dangerous climate change;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the policy and regulatory framework must be in line with the greenhouse gas emissions budget, which could allow the increase of the global mean temperature to be kept to a level below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels; stresses therefore that by 2050 the EU economy must be turned into a nearly full renewable energy-based economy;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the conclusions reached in the Energy Roadmap that the transition of the energy sector on an EU-wide scale is technically and economically feasible, and could be, according to the Commission's own analysis, is less costly in the long-run than a continuation of current policies under certain assumptions;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. AcknowledgNotes the conclusions reached in the Energy Roadmap 2050 that there are similarities between the actions that must be taken in the analysed scenarios in order to transform the EU's energy system, regardless of the specific path chosen to achieve a low-carbon 2050 energy system; believes that renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy infrastructure are ‘no regrets’ options; supports the Commission's conclusion that renewable energy and energy efficiency are the two most important 'no regret' options; strongly regrets however that the Commission did not explore a combined "high renewables and high energy efficiency" scenario that would contribute to lowering the amount of energy imports and would fulfil the EU's long term climate objectives; takes the view that a choice should be made about which path to take in order to ensure investment certainty; strongly supports a future sustainable and secure energy system that combines the benefits of scenario 2 (high energy-efficiency) and scenario 4 (high RES);
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the financial crisis should be used as an opportunity to transform our development model of society towards a highly energy efficient, fully renewable based and climate resilient economy; underlines the need for the Commission to come forward with proposals for a 2030 energy and climate package based on the current three pillars. i.e. greenhouse gases, renewable energies and energy efficiency;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that a substantially higher share of renewable energy in EU energy consumption beyond 2020, is a key aspectncluding in 2030, is a prerequisite of a more sustainable energy system; recognises, furthermorenotes, however, that allnone of the decarbonisation scenarios explored inby the Commission in its communication assume an increased share of renewable energy in the EU energy mix of around 30% in gross final energy consumption in 2030; re based on a combined increase of a higher share of renewable energy and higher energy efficiency measures that would allow the EU to move into a nearly full renewable economy by 2050; given the need for providing investor confidence, calls for an energy and climate change policy framework for 2030 to include ambitious targets for renewable energy, energy savings and for the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new) (after paragraph 8)
Subheading 2 a (new) (after paragraph 8)
Energy Efficiency
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that energy efficiency and energy savings are the most cost-effective ways for the EU to achieve its transition to a nearly full renewable energy based economy whilst boosting in the meantime jobs creation, innovation and the decrease of imports of fossil and nuclear fuels and the overall dependence on imports; reminds that the EU is spending currently around 4% of its GDP (€488 billions in 2011) in importing energy from third countries; highlights that a rapid paradigm shift towards renewable energy and energy savings will significantly limit the wealth transfer from the EU to non- EU producers of mineral oil, natural gas, hard coal and nuclear fuels, making the EU economy more resilient to high energy prices and energy and price volatilities; recommends that Member States integrate energy efficiency objectives in more policy areas, conduct a systematic analysis of the energy saving potential of key sectors such as buildings and transport; underlines in this context the most promising area for action is related to the renovation of the existing building stock so that the energy consumption would globally be reduced by 80% by 2050 in this sector;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recommends that Member States integrate energy efficiency objectives in more policy areas, conduct a systematic analysis of the energy saving potential of key sectors such as buildings and transport; underlines in this context the most promising area for action is for the renovation of the existing building stock so that the energy consumption would globally be reduced by 80% by 2050 in this sector; recalls that all new buildings should be nearly-zero energy buildings by the end of 2020; calls further for a strengthening and rapid adoption and implementation of eco-design and energy labelling measures;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Emphasises that a greater attention toward energy usage is essential in order for the energy system transformation to become a reality; stresses the need to give a higher priority to demand-side management so as to ensure the deployment of technologies and systems at end-users side achieving the energy transition at a affordable and sustainable cost for the society;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that a more European approach to renewable policy is key in the medium to long term; encourages Member States to work together in order to optimise the cost efficiency of renewables expansion and to ensure that investments are made where they will be most productive and efficient, taking into account the specific characteristics of Member States; highlights, in this context, the Commission's important role as a facilitator; points out that renewables will, in the long term, move to the centre of the energy mix in Europe, as they progress from technology development to mass production and deployment, from small- scale to larger-scale – integrating local and more remote sources – and from subsidised to competitive; emphasises that the changing naturincreasing uptake of renewables requires changes in policy to be made with a view to achieving greater market integrationdapting markets to this reality and achieving greater market integration, in particular in rewarding flexibility and services to the grid system stability; highlights the need forto adapt support schemes to bethe individual characteristics of national markets and technologies and phased them out asonce technologies and supply chains have matured and can compete, market failures are resolved, and side-benefits properly taken into account; considers that stable and reliable support schemes are key to avoiding unsustainable market developments while recognising that sudden and retroactive changes are undermining investor confidence in the sector;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that early policy clarity on the post-2020 framework is essential to provide investor confidence, promote energy innovation which is key for ensuring the development of different renewable energy and energy savings technologies enabling the EU to switch to a nearly full renewable energy economy by 2050, and to generate new jobs; believes that dedicated renewable energy targets have proven to stimulate economic development and international industrial leadership on global markets; therefore, calls for a binding 45% renewable energy target for 2030 and milestones for 2040 and 2050 to be fixed at a minimum level of 70% and 95%;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, as Member Statesthe EU pursues the goal of energy security and energy independence, emphasis needs to be shifted towards a model of energy interdependence between Member States by ensuring the swift completion of the EU internal energy market and the EU smart and supergrid infrastructure linking North and South, and East and West; while strengthening the distribution network to enable the greater penetration and efficient integration of micro generators; highlights the importance of ensuring that policy and regulatory developments in Member States will eliminate remaining infrastructure ‘'bottlenecks’' and market failures, market concentration and fossil fuels subsidies, and will not create new barriers to electricity and gas or energy market integration; stresses, moreover, that energy policy decisions in each national system need to take account of how such decisions could affect other Member States; asks Member States and the EU to immediately eliminate fossil fuels subsidies;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the scale of the challenge Europe faces to replace and upgrade its energy infrastructure will be greatly reduced by full exploitation of energy savings opportunities; urges the integration of lowered demand projections into infrastructure plans and for the principle of "savings first" to be fully integrated into the development of the energy system;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the new challenges, such as the need for flexible back-up and balancing resources in the power system (e.g. flexible generation, storage, demand management), that will arise as the contribution of variable renewable generation increases; stresses the need to have sufficient, and emphasises the importance of infrastructure at distribution level and the important role that prosumers and distribution system operators (DSOs) play during the integration into the system of decentralised energy products and demand-side efficiency measures; stresses the need for a proper assessment of the capacity available in Europe to ensure security of electricity supply; stresses, in this regard, that policy developments in Member States should not create new barriers to electricity- or gas-market integration; stresses that according higher priority to demand side resources, such as demand response, would considerably strengthen the integration of decentralised energy sources and would advance the achievement of overall energy policy objectives;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned by the delays affecting the completion of the Southern Corridor; stresses the need to achieve energy security through energy diversification emphasises the potential of a complementary LNG corridor Notes that in all of the pathways explored by the Commission, absolute gas consumption for both domestic and other uses decreases; is concerned by the significant risk of lock-in resulting from over investment in gas infrastructure; considers that future investment in new infrastructure should always be balanced, according the East Mediterraneo a hierarchy of importance and to serve as a flexible source of energy and an incentive for increased competition withhe interest of cost-effectiveness, against investments in energy efficiency measures or alternatively by upgrading / modernising the EU internal energy marketexisting infrastructure;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that markets must continue to play the main role in financing energy infrastructure investments, while acknowledging that there are some projects that may require limited public support to leverage private funding; emphasises that any contribution from public finance should be based on clear, transparent criteria, should not distort competition, be fully in line with the EU legislation and its long term-energy and climate change goals and should take into account the interests of consumers;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Agrees with the Commission that natural gas will be critical forplay a role in the short to the medium term in the transformation of the energy system, since it represents a quick, temporary and cost-efficient way of reducing reliance on other more polluting fossil fuels, therebywhich could lowering greenhouse gas emissions; warns, however, against any investments which could lead to locked-in dependency on any fossil fuel, including gas, and hamper the move to a truly sustainable energy system;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises the key role of gas, bothnatural gas and biogas in the transition to a low-carbonnearly full renewable energy systemeconomy and as a flexible back-up, option as it can help and in balancing capacity where renewable energy supplies are variable;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the importance of Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) on the road to 2050 and decarbonisation; stresses that CCS ought to be ready by 2030 if fossil fuels are to remain significant in the energy mix; highlights that Due to scarcity of resources, lack of capacity storage, unresolved problems such as high cost prices, its energy penalty (up to 40 percent of the energy produced by a power station) and environmental risks, Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) is also an importnot ant option for the decarbonisation of several heavshould the EU wants to develop rapidly a renewable energy iandustries and could, comb energy efficient economy in lined with biomass, deliver ‘carbon negative’ valuthe EU climate objectives;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. While recognising that the EU operates in a global context, recalls the November 2011 TTE Council Conclusions on strengthening the external dimension of the EU energy policy, the need for a broader and more coordinated EU approach to international energy relations in order to meet global energy challenges and climate change, address competitiveness and carbon leakage related issues and maintain and promote the highest nuclear safety standards, while at the same time ensuring the safe, secure and diversified supply of energy;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to ensuredevelop policies and measures ensuring the energy securitindependency of the EU through alternawhilst reducing in the meantivme sources of energy and to reduce import dependencythe energy import; highlights, therefore, the emerging importance of the exploration of oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic; believes that there is an urgent need to develop an EU policy on oil and gas drilling at sea, including delineation of exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of EU Member States and relevant third countries in accordance with the UNCLOS Convention, to which all EU Member States and the EU as such are signatoriesto move towards a nearly full renewables energy and efficient economy which, according to scenarios, could divide our energy imports by three by 2050 (from 75% to 25%); warns against any investments which could lead to lock-in dependency on any fossil and nuclear fuels; asks to ban the exploration of oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recognises that the ETS is the principal – though not the only – instrument for reducing industrial emissions and promoting investment in low carbon technologies; notes that further improvement of might be an effective instrument for reducing greenhouse gases emissions; in that context, calls on the Commission to come forward without delay with structural measures to strengthen ETS is necessary; notes that any changes to the ETS would require a careful assessment of the impact on electricity prices and on the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the development of innovative technological solutions by European industriesand reiterates its call for the withdrawal of at least 1.4 billion ETS allowances so as to maintain the incentives for investment in energy efficiency measures and renewable energy; takes the view that relying on ETS alone to transform our energy system would require a high carbon price that could increase the risk of carbon leakage; considers therefore that supplementary measures to support energy-efficiency and renewable energy are necessary;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the EU to continue to play an active role in the international negotiations on the global climate deal; takes the opinion that climate diplomacy should come under the umbrella of the European External Action Service (EEAS); stresses that the EU needs to know what the consequences of a failure to conclude a global climate change agreement would be;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that prices play a crucial role in energy-related investmentonly full costs will ensure that energy-related investment will promote in energy efficiency and energy productionsavings; notes that the different Member States' policies to promote renewable energy show both successes and problems; takes the opinion that the recent relatively highvolatile and uncertain prices of fossil fuels will promote the development of renewable energy; notes, however, that in some Member States the promotion of renewable energy by means of financial support could lead to high energy prices provided policy and market failures are removed;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that, while energy billprices in Europe have risen in recent years, thise development has given rise to a ‘smart’, common sense-based approach to energy efficiency and energy savings; believes, regardless, that the role of ICT technologies is increasingly important for energy; highlights, in this context, the role of smart meters in providing consumers with data on energy consumption in households and businessesof ambitious and user- friendly energy efficiency and energy savings policies is the only true alternative to keep energy costs under control; believes, regardless, that the role of ICT technologies is increasingly important for energy;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Horizon 2020 and the European Innovation Partnerships under the Innovation Union prioritise the need to develop all types of sustainable low carbon technologies in order to spur EU competitivenessrenewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures in line of a sustainable energy system by 2050, promote job opportunities and bring about a change in consumer behaviour;