25 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to Eurostat Statistics in focus 44/2012 of 8 November 2012 "Analysis of the latest data on energy from renewable sources",
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the diversification of our energy mix relies on a vast array of renewable energy technologies (hydropower, geothermal, solar power, marine, wind, heat pump, biomass, biofuel) offering different services in the form of electricity, heating and cooling as well as transport solutions;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas wood and wood waste continues to make the largest contribution to the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas renewable heating and cooling technologies have a key role to play in the decarbonisation of the energy sector;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that renewable heating and cooling do not benefit from renewable energy support schemes (such as feed in tariffs and green certificates) apart from specific heat policies at national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally sound energy provision is indispensable for the competitiveness of European industry; emphasises, therefore, that the energy supply system needs to be overhauled and the share of RES in electricity, heating and cooling and transport increased in a manner that is cost-efficient and without prejudice to supply security;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that within the RES sector, the current and expected contribution of biomass and of other controllable energy resources should be made more visible to stakeholders in order to foster a fair and balanced decision-making process;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses that the search for RES should avoid creating a competition for the use of natural resources and compromising the economic and sustainable development of other industrial sectors;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that heating and cooling represent about 46% of the EU final energy consumption and that the share of renewables in final energy consumption of heating and cooling has been increasing, amounting to 12.47% of the EU27 gross final heating and cooling consumption in 2009; considers therefore that more attention should be given to the untapped potential of renewable heating and cooling and its role in fostering sustainability, local growth and industrial competitiveness;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES-E (renewable electricity) must be fully integrated into the European internal energy market in all the Member States without delay and that in the long term they must take on stabilising functions and tasks within the system that have previously been performed by conventional energy sources;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that because, in most cases, renewable sources feeding energy into the grid areup to half of the renewable electricity generated by 2020 would be coming from decentralised, remotely located and weather-dependent renewable sources, they require infrastructure different from that currently in place, the existing provision having been developed solely for conventional energy;
Amendment 238 #
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 available; 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; rejects the concept of competition for subsidies and calls for the principles of thea more flexible energy system, which rewards flexibility capabilities – renewable and demand side solutions and storage in particular – on the basis of a clear ranking among different options, depending on market economy to be applied to the design of the energy marketditions and marginal costs;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that according a large share of the energy mix to RES-E entails major challenges for existing network infrastructure; notes that, in certain Member States, supply security is being severely affected by the increased feed-in from RES; is concerned by the finding by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO- E) that 80% of all the bottlenecks in European energy grids relate directly or indirectly to feed-in from RES-E;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that many of the best and most competitive locations for RES in the EU are at a considerable distance from the centres of energy consumption; notes that the a RES deployment strategy only based on the best competitive locations from a resource point of view would imply a much higher use of transmission systems compared to a consumption-driven strategy focused of such locations is contingent on the development of transmission systemn developing RES close to the dense consumption areas;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the development of RES-E on a major scale, with their remote and weather-dependent feed-in, can cause uncoordinated cross-border energy flows (loop flows) in other Member States – making load reduction increasingly necessary in the interests of supply security – if it does not go hand-in-hand with the requisite development of the grid; is concerned about the state of development of grid infrastructure in the Member States;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underscores the need for electricitnergy storage solutions to facilitate the integration of RES-E into the energy supply; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storage;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Insists on the necessity of encouraging investment in existing and new gas infrastructures to strengthen the development of biomethane, power-to-gas and power-to-hydrogen all over the EU;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Underlines the potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the use of gas, biomethane and hydrogen in the transport sector as well as by promoting the use of electric vehicles;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underscores the need for closer cooperation on energy policy with the EU's neighbouring countries; emphasises that in the Mediterranean region, in particular, there is great potential for electricity generation from RES; highlights the potential of projects such as Desertec u, Medgrid and Helios, and of the further development of hydropower in Norway and Switzerland;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it will issue a communication on energy technology policy in 2013; calls on the Commission to include a focus on implementing the SET Plan, on renewable heating and cooling and storage technologies;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that the Member States currently use almost 170 different types of promotion mechanism; points out that this support has lead to healthy growth but that some of the promotion systems are very costly and that, in some cases, a considerable financial burden has been placed on consumers without their having had a choice in the matter; notes that, despite the subsidies, RES-E have managed to become competitive vis-à-vis conventional methods of energy production only in certain areas, e.g. where the geographical conditions favour them;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Is convinced that the Commission should support Member States in identifying the most cost-effective RES and the way to best realise the potential; recalls that cost-optimal policies differ according to demand pattern, supply potential and economic context at local level;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system foran EU common approach to promotinge 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 renewablupports a progressive convergence of national RES support schemes, 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; 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 themorder to avoid the distortion of competition created by separate and disparate national initiatives, while respecting the specificities of the Member states' energy mix;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Calls on the Commission to develop an action plan for renewable heating and cooling assessing the EU heating and cooling demand and presenting best- practice examples to support the sector;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to bring forward, without delay, a proposal for a European support system in which a market2030 framework for renewable- energy certificates will make for EU-wide competition among the various technologies, so as to provide investors with the required security and stability for their projected investments beyond 2020;