Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2016/2041(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Renewable energy progress report (A8-0196/2016 - Paloma López Bermejo) HR
Amendments (9)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas renewable bio-energies produced within the agricultural sector make a large contribution to the EU’s achievement of crucial targets such as mitigating the effects of climate change, reducing the EU’s energy dependency on energy imports, creating jobs and improving incomes in the sector;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the importance of promoting and encouraging the development of on- farm sources of alternative energy, which can have a significant positive impact on climate change and on creating new green jobs in rural areas as well as supporting the economic and social development of such areas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of modernising the agricultural production in Europe, to be able to reduce the negative impact of agriculture on the environment and contribute to an increased use of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of supporting EU framework programmes for research into relation tonewable energies for agriculture and forestry in general and, in particular, as regards refined biofuels, rational use of biomass and the development of fast- growing energy crops; points also to the importance of research into the grid integration and storage of decentrally generated renewable energies;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of promoting local renewable energy cooperatives in both rural and urban areas in order to increase public and private support for renewable energy;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of the transport sector for the EU´s rural areas, notes that the transport sector is the sector that has seen least progress in using renewable energy sources with only 5,4 % renewable energy in 2013 compared to the 10% EU target for 2020; calls therefore on Member States to intensify their efforts in order to meet these targets in due time and to consider strengthening the link between the transport and electricity markets by promoting electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in order to meet these targets;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the potential for renewables in rural areas in the Balkan and Mediterranean regions is under- exploited and calls on the Union to increase its support for the development of the market for renewable energy in such regions;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to recognize the under- exploited potential of extracting renewable energy from the sea as well as the benefits of using marine resources in biogas production for the agricultural sector;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to consider undertaking measures aimed at facilitating the selling of surpluses from agriculture-based renewable energy production;