34 Amendments of David BORRELLI related to 2016/2041(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement of December 2015 made at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EUnion as a whole is on track to reach the 2020 targets but further intensified action is required in severala significant number of Member States;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development of renewable energyimplementation of a 100% renewables-based energy system must ensure energy sovereignty, eliminate energy poverty and foster economic development in the EU, boost European technological leadership and foster real prosperity in our Union;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas continued investment in renewables requires a long-termboth ambitious public leadership and a long-term decarbonisation policy framework consistent with the EU’Union's 2050 climate commitmentsroadmap, combined with the commitments agreed at COP 21;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas public participation and supervision, clear policy rules and guidelines at regional, national and European level and the wide spectrum engagement of social partners are key to the successful development of renewable energy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas renewable energy offers an opportunity for greater energy democracy through collective management, empowerment of citizen-prosumers, public investment and decentralised forms of energy production;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Regrets that the Commission progress report does not put forward country- specific recommendations which would help Member States achieving their 2020 national targets;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that the 2014 REFIT evaluation of RED states that the current combination of binding national targets, National Renewable Energy Plans and biennial monitoring has been the main driver for renewable energy capacity development in the EU Member States;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to identify and reward 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 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the key role of renewable support schemes in attracting long-term investment and consolidating the renewable sector; rejects the retroactive elimination of renewable supportachievements of the renewable sector; underlines that sufficiently complete internalisation of social and environmental costs of the different energy sources reveals the real competitiveness of the renewable sector; insists that any subsidies scheme should be supported by detailed cost internalisation studies; rejects the indiscriminate retroactive elimination of renewable support schemes practiced in some Member States; emphasizes that the detection of inefficiencies or even fraud in such schemes, while it must be supported, cannot serve as an excuse for rejection, and should instead lead to urgent, in- depth reform and reinforcement of non- performing schemes;
Amendment 119 #
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, since they are essential for providing long-term geopolitical security;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the strengthening of transparency and public participation, with particular regard to social partners, including SMEs and cooperatives, in the development of national plans for renewable energy;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of local administrations, communities, consumers groups and associations, like the Covenant of Mayors, in the implementation of a renewables-based model of energy consumption and self-consumption;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the changes in working conditions in the energy sector; stresses that action and monitoring is needed to ensure labour standards are not lowered as a result ofimprove their capacity to deliver safety, stability, long-term learning and active participation in the areas directly concerned by the energy transition;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates Parliament’s call for binding targets of a 30 % share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030; underlines that a new concept of "target" must be developed and implemented for the energy transition, which is not a "target to be reached" but a "target to be surpassed";
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for an urgent, ambitious upward revision of the 2030 renewable energy targets established by the Council, at least in line with the Paris agreement;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the targets already agreed for 2020 must be taken as the minimum baseline when revising the Renewables Energy Directive after that date, excepting those cases where regional best practices can provide a more ambitious baseline;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the, with a first phase covering the 2020-2030 decade, that shall ensure accountable, effective and transparent monitoring of Member States’ commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policies; calls for an intensive replication of the current successful system of binding national targets, national renewable Energy Plans and biennial reports;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of wide- spectrum, high-quality public consultation and participation, interacting with cutting- edge scientific and technical evidence, in the planning of new energy infrastructure projects, in particular as regards new interconnections;
Amendment 212 #
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), as defined by 17a;
Amendment 221 #
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 afforat a certain moment do not intend to become ‘prosumers’ are not discriminated against, and that they are provided with opportunities to review that position; stresses the need to provide technical and administrative facilities for the collective management of energy production;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Proposes the following operational definition: "prosumers" are active energy consumers, such as households (including both owners and tenants), institutions and small businesses that participate in the energy market by producing renewable energy either on their own or collectively through cooperatives, other social enterprises or aggregations; "prosumers" can also contribute to energy efficiency and/or support energy system management and grid integration of fluctuating renewable energy sources through demand side response; "prosumers" contribute to reaching the full potential of renewable energy generation by maximising the development of photovoltaic, wind or other renewable energy projects on suitable urban areas, including rooftops, and on land areas which are not in competition with food production or with biodiversity conservation;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that, to reap the full benefit of increasing amount of clean and cheap electricity from renewable sources, it is fundamental to maximise its use when these sources are available and to minimise it at time when more polluting and expensive technologies are needed;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Electricity market
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that renewable electricity production should be better integrated with the electric distribution andsystems at all levels, as well as with transmission systems, considering the changes towards a more decentralised model for energy;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises the role of priority access and dispatch for renewable energies in limiting the curtailment of electricity production from renewable sources and in encouraging the maximisation of system flexibility; is concerned about today's unjustified and non-compensated curtailment of renewable energies in some Member States; calls on the Commission to more closely monitor and enforce priority access and dispatch for renewables; calls for the phase-out of ungrounded priority access and dispatch for fossil fuel based generators;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Highlights that as long as the electricity system is inflexible, priority access and dispatch for renewable energies is needed to promote grid upgrades and foster the deployment of storage and demand response; calls on the Commission to make proposals for strengthening and clarifying priority access and dispatch rules for renewable energy in the post-2020 period; highlights that the possibility of a priority access and dispatch phase-out should be evaluated on the occasion of the mid-term review of the future RES Directive around 2024;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that stability in energy prices, supported by long-term public policies and by comprehensive accounting systems which take into account the real impact of the externalisation of social and environmental costs, is necessary to induce the adequate demand responses from consumers;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that certain consumers (such as energy-poor households) have rigid consumption patterns and may bshould be offered adequate social guarantees avoiding that they are negatively affected by enhanced price- based efficiency mechanisms;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to make proposals for the establishment of a clear and robust framework for self- consumption of renewable energy based electricity in the post-2020 period; calls for due consideration of cases in which consumers join forces to produce and consume their own renewable energy based electricity at local level; highlights the need to affirm the right to self- generate, consume and store energy; stresses that self-consumers should not be exposed to specific taxes or fees and that should contribute to the payment of grid costs according to their impact on the network, which is also positive; calls for simple administrative procedures and for attractive financial models, such as third- party financing, joint purchasing programmes and cooperatives, for prosumers;
Amendment 287 #
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, which disregard the already available possibilities offered by well- known, highly consolidated technologies, offering excellent return of investment and providing opportunities for enhancing quality local employment;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets the lack of progress and low, unambitious targets set for renewable use in heating and cooling;
Amendment 333 #
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 to develop next-generation biofuels using biomass or waste that do not compete with other agricultural produce, and where the strictest standards for long-term health, biodiversity and soil protection are consistently applied;
Amendment 337 #
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 transportcompletely decarbonize and denuclearize the overall energy supply for transport; in this context, calls the Commission to assess the potential of goods transport via trolley-truck technologies;