Activities of Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT related to 2016/2041(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Renewable energy progress report - Implementation report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (debate) NL
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on renewable energy progress report PDF (404 KB) DOC (190 KB)
Amendments (37)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU must act to retain its position as a global leader in renewable energy and notes that countries such as China are making strong advances towards global leadership in renewable energy use and technology development;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the definition of the energy mix of Member States remains a national competence;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development of renewable energy must ensure energy sovereignty, eliminate energy poverty, contribute to reaching climate change goals and foster economic development in the EU;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas SMEs play an important role in innovating and developing the renewable energy sector;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the sector overall employs 1.2 million people in Europe with further potential for new low-carbon jobs;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas ambitious but realistic goals, public participation and supervision, clear policy guidelines at regional, national and European level, market participation of renewable technologies and the engagement of social partnall stakeholders are key to the successful development of renewable energy;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas renewable energy offers andditional opportunityies for greaterthe energy democracymarket through collective management, public investment and decentralised forms of energy production and contributes to the development of a low-carbon economy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its concern at the large number of countries (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom) which may have to revise their policies and tools to ensure they meetNotes that it will become increasingly difficult for some Member States to make progress or achieve their 2020 objectives; notes that one Member State has already failed to achieve the 2013-2014 interim targets as a steeper and more intensified increase in renewables may be needed;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of assessing renewables on their competitiveness, sustainability, cost- effectiveness and contribution to climate change goals;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to identify best practices in terms of national renewable energy policies and to promote their adoption; calls on the Commission to strengthen its role in monitoring and supporting the progress of renewable energies;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of simple, accessible, affordable and efficient administrative procedures;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the national regulation of electricity markets is a key factor in the diverging advance of renewables, different energy costs for familieconsumers and for industry and different levels of energy dependency;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role ofStresses the importance of long-term, practical, stable renewable energy policy frameworks which provide investment security and highlights the role of responsive, adaptable and short-term renewable support schemes in attracting long-term investment and consolidating the renewable sector; rejects the retroactive elimination of renewable support schemes;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls Parliament’s target of 85 % of financing for non-fossil energy under the energy chapter of Horizon 2020; calls for public national investments of this kind to be exempted from deficit rules;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the strengthening of transparency and public participation, with particular regard to social partntakeholders, in the development of national plans for renewable energy;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of regional and local administrations and associations, like the Covenant of Mayors, in the implementation of a renewables-based model of energy production and consumption;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates Parliament’s call for binding targets of a 30 t least a 27% share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that Member States should justify the use of provisions for statistical transfers and the development of cooperation mechanisms to meetNotes the increased use of cooperation mechanisms has been identified as a useful tool in assisting Member States in reaching their targets oin the basis of feasibility constraints with regard to developing renewables, so as to ensure that national targets are actually bindinga cost-efficient manner, stresses that where necessary Member States should engage with and utilise cooperation mechanisms;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States’ commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policiesgovernance of the Energy Union in respect of Article 194 of the TFEU;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of public consultation and participation in the planning of new energy infrastructure projects, in particular as regards new interconnections;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the gap between available skills and the changes in labour market demands adapted to the development of renewables; stresses the importance of social partners and public authorities inencourages the Member States to developing skill schemes and training programmes to ensure that the adjustment to new technologies and patterns of energy production is a source of quality jobsclose this gap;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need for a differential treatment between micro, small and large producers; stresses the importance of ensuring financial and administrative facilities for ‘prosumers’ (households, micro and small businesses, cooperatives, public administrations and non- commercial entities that engage in energy production)the effective integration of ‘prosumers’ in the market model;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to strike a balance between the development of centralised and decentralised energy production that ensures that consumers that cannot afford to become ‘prosumers’ are not discriminated against; stressesand the need to provide technical and administrative facilities for the collective management of energy production;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Highlights that an increased focus on implementing energy efficiencies in all sectors will assist the EU in boosting its competitiveness and in the development of innovative and cost-effective energy- saving solutions;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that market integration of renewable electricity generation requires flexible markets, both on the supply and demand side and that this will require the construction, modernisation and adaptation of grids and development of new storage technologies;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the Commission’s strategy to increase demand-response mechanisms; stresses that this should not create an additional financial burden for citizens disproportionate increase in energy costs for the consumer;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that stability in energy prices is necessary to induce the adequate need for responsive energy prices in order to incentivise demand responses from consumers;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that certain consumers (such as energy-poor households) have rigid consumption patterns and may be negatively affected by enhanced price- based efficiency mechanisms;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that ‘'prosumers’' should be allowed to access the energy grid and market at a fair price and should not be penalised with additional taxes or charges; expresses its concern at the initiatives taken by some Member States to create obstacles to the exercise of the rights to self-consumption and self- production; (Taxes and charges are a national competence.)
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets the lack of progress and low targets set for renewable use in heating and cooling, highlights that in Member States with a low carbon factor in their electricity mix, electrification could play a significant role in modernising this sector and reducing its emissions;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to facilitate a transition towards renewable heating devices, while ensuring adequate financial support for energy-poor citizens;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes the failure ofchallenges facing the biofuel-based renewable strategy for transport;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Draws attention to the need to limit biofuel land-use to areas where they do not compete with feedstock production and toHighlights the importance of developing the next-generation biofuels using biomass or waste that do not compete with other agricultural produce;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the need for a shift from liberalisation to sustainable mobility regulation, including sustainable logistic systems and sustainable urban policies that minimise overall energy consumption in transport;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights the potential for reducing emissions and contributing to the low- carbon economy with an increase in electrification of transport systems;