Activities of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2016/0382(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (A8-0392/2017 - José Blanco López) (vote)
Amendments (58)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The ambition set in the Paris Agreement and the technological development, including cost reduction for investments in renewable energy should be taken in to account.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) When developing support schemes for renewable sources of energy, Member States should take into account principles of the Circular Economy and the EU waste hierarchy. Waste prevention and recycling of waste should be the priority option. Member States should avoid creating such support schemes, which would be contradictory to targets on treatment of waste and would lead to inefficient use of recyclable waste. Member States should also ensure that measures introduced under this regulation will not be contradictory to objectives of the Directive 2008/98/EU.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) Member States should promote and prefer use of indigenous renewable resources, to the extent possible, and avoid distortive situations resulting in extensive import of resources from third countries. Life-Cycle-Approach should be taken into account and promoted in this respect.
Amendment 221 #
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 facilitation of a final 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.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) The promotion of low carbon fossil fuels that are produced from fossilgaseous waste streams can also contribute towards the policy objectives of energy diversification and transport decarbonisation. It is therefore appropriate to include those fuels in the incorporation obligation on fuel suppliers.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 97 a (new)
Recital 97 a (new)
(97a) This directive can hardly prejudge development and innovation in the field of renewable energy, smart systems or use of natural resources. Therefore the principle of technology neutrality should apply throughout this directive. This Directive should not create a lock-in effect for future technologies which can help to achieve Union´s goals.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘'energy from renewable sources’' means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and, geothermal energy, ambient heat ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases and recovered heat from buildings and processes;
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘'ambient heat’ means heatenergy' means ´thermal 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 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 372 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ‘'district heating’' or ‘'district cooling’' means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central or decentralized sources of productionthermal energy through a network to multiple buildings or sitecustomers, for the use of space or process heating or cooling;
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
(y) 'waste heat or cold' means heat or cold which is generated as by-product in industrial or power geninstallations or in teration installationsary sector and which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system;
Amendment 405 #
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 as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premises, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity. The consumption of the renewable electricity shall be via a direct link to the generator or via closed distribution system;
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
(ff) ‘gaseous waste-based fossil fuels’ means liquid and gaseous fuels produced from waste streams of non-renewable origin, including waste processing gases and exhaust gasesbeing gaseous effluents which the holder is required to discard and which are generated as an unavoidable and not intended consequence of production or manufacturing of products whose intended purpose is commercial sale and/or use;
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union targets set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be design, including the financing of the scheme, shall be competitive and market-based, so as to avoid unnecessarythe distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraint. Member States may consider specific characteristics of different renewable energy technologies in the design of support schemes.
Amendment 585 #
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 four years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongatThe assessment shall also take in to account the effect on investment and the effect possible changes to the support schemes might have on investments. Long-term planning governing the decisions of the support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall every three years report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning of the rules concerning support schemes with specific emphasise on market access of small actors, the level of incentive for investment and supporting long-term high realisation-rate. The first of these reports shall be submitted 2021 fully reflecting the post-2020 State-aid guidelines.
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, through implementation of article 9-13 pursue regional cooperation, e.g. in the form of opening support for electricity generated from renewable sources to generators located in other Member States under the conditions laid down in this Article. Member States may limit their support to installations in Member States to which there is a direct connection via interconnectors.
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. 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 expected allocation for support, covering as much detail as possible at least the following threefour years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocatedmain parameters, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
Amendment 726 #
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 increase the share of all kinds of energy from renewable sources in the building sector. For this purpose more specific rules are in place in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
Amendment 736 #
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, through district heating and cooling produced using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources. and/or waste heat or cold.
Amendment 745 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake. The assessment made according to paragraph 8 shall specifically assess needed changes in order to facilitate the usage of corporate long-term purchase agreements. For public buildings Member States shall also promote renewable energy procurement commitments.
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State, in collaboration with the single administrative contact point, in collaboration with transmission and distribution system operators, shall publish a manualset up a single online information platform with all the relevant information ofn procedures for renewable project developers, including for small scale projects and renewable self- consumers projects. If the Member State decides to have more than one single administrative contact point the information platform shall guide the applicant to the contact point relevant for the applicant’s application.
Amendment 778 #
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(5) and Article 17. Member States shall endeavour to reduce the time for the granting process below the limit set in this paragraph especially for small scale installations.
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shallmay facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by, inter alia, ensuring a simplified and swift permit granting process, which shall not exceed one year from the date on which the request for repowering is submitted to the single administrative contact point.
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that no guarantees of origin are issued to a producer that receivesing financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources. Member States shall issue such guarantees of origin and transfer them, shall have the support adjusted taking in to account the value of the issued guarantees of origin in order to avoid double compensation. Where support is provided through systems which, in virtue of their structure, already take into account the value of the guarantees of origin when establishing the level of support, or where the value of the guarantees of origin is insignificant, issuing guarantees to a producer that receives financial support shall be considered not to be a source of over compensation. Member States may transfer any guarantees of origin not claimed by the producers to the market by auctioning them. The revenues raised as a result of the auctioning shall be used to offset the costs of renewables support.
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 8
Article 19 – paragraph 8
8. Where an electricity supplier is required to prove the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in its energy mix for the purposes of Article 3 of Directive 2009/72/EC, it shall do so by using guarantees of origin. Likewise, guarantees of origin created pursuant to Article 14(10) of Directive 2012/27/EC shall be used to substantiate any requirement to prove the quantity of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that transmission losses are fully taken into account when guarantees of origin are used to demonstrate consumption of renewable energy or electricity from high efficiency cogeneration.
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Subject to their assessment included in the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Annex I of Regulation [Governance], on the necessity to build new infrastructure for district heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources in order to achieve the Union target referred to in Article 3(1) of this Directive, Member States shall, where relevant, take steps with a view to developing a district heating infrastructure to accommodate the development of heating and cooling production from large biomass, solar and geothermal facilitiesambient energy facilities and waste heat or cold.
Amendment 941 #
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 persons on an annual basis, however the rules on supervision and technical requirements regarding connection to the grid/networks would still apply; and
Amendment 950 #
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 the market value of the electricity fed in, they should be able to sell it to at least market value, this could also be done via power purchase agreements.
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The renewable self-consumer's installation may be managed by a third party for installation, operation, including metering, and maintenance provided that the economic risk connected to the operation of the installation remains with the renewable self consumer.
Amendment 989 #
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 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, fulfilling at least four out of the following criteria:.
Amendment 992 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1002 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1005 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Amendment 1038 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 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.
Amendment 1056 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) physical incorporation of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold in the energy and energy fuel supplied for heating and cooling;
Amendment 1062 #
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/or waste heat or cold use for industrial heating and cooling processes;
Amendment 1068 #
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 such as for example national fiscal measures, financial incentives, urban planning or voluntary agreements with industry or local authorities.
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the total amount of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold supplied for heating and cooling;
Amendment 1084 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) the share of renewable energy in the total amount of energy and/or waste heat or cold supplied for heating and cooling; and
Amendment 1088 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) the type of renewable energy and/or waste heat or cold source.
Amendment 1098 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1110 #
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 terminate the contract with the district heating or cooling supplier and then possibly disconnect from the system 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 1119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may restrict the right to terminate the contract with the district heating or cooling supplier and then disconnect or switch supplier to customers who can prove that the planned alternative supply solution for heating or cooling results in a significantly better energy performance. The performance assessment of the alternative supply solution may be based on the Energy Performance Certificate as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to district heating or cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold. This non- discriminatory access shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to, when it is technically feasible and cuostomers connected to -efficient for bothe district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the district heating or cooling systemoperators and customers.
Amendment 1136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers where the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system including economic consequences of the measures.
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 7
Article 24 – paragraph 7
7. The right to terminate the contract and possibly disconnect or switch supplier may be exercised by individual customers, by joint undertakings formed by customers or by parties acting on the behalf of customers. For multi-apartment blocks, such disconnection may only be exercised at whole building level.
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9
Article 24 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall designate one or more independent authorities to ensure that the rights of consumers and the rules for operating district heating and cooling systems in accordance with this Article are clearly defined and enforced. Based on the work done by the designated authorities the Commission shall do a report every four years summarizing the implementation of the provision in this article and specifically the setting of non- discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 1167 #
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 gaseous 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 1197 #
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, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, gaseous waste -based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 1215 #
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, may be used. Provided that additionality of electricity can be proven, fully renewable electricity can be accounted for as such. The Commission shall provide guidance in order to establish the procedure to prove additionality. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled.
Amendment 1241 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and gaseous waste-based fossil fuels and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 1245 #
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 promotes greenhouse gas savings in the transport sector, and whether the applicable greenhouse gas savings requirements for biofuels and biogas are appropriate. The assessment shall also analyse if the provisions in this article affectively avoids double accounting of renewable energy. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the obligation laid down in paragraph 1.