Activities of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2017/2084(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Accelerating clean energy innovation (debate) IT
Amendments (13)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is a global leader in high-value, renewable and low-emission energy innovation and emerging clean technologies;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a fully functioning internal energy market is essential for further stimulating R&D and maximising the market uptake of new technologies across all EU regions by providing economies of scale and regulatory and investment certainty, thereby enabling the EU to reap the full potential of energy innovation and fostering efficiency, a sustainable technology-neutral use of indigenousfull use of clean and zero-emissions energy sources, and storage and transport solutions and technologies;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a cost-effectivthe energy transition towards environmentally friendly, consumer-oriented and more digitalised, decentralised systems requires research and the deployment of innovation in all energy system sectors, including non-technology specific, systemic solutions; recognises that this transition is fostering new organisational models, particularly in energy generation, transmission, distribution and storage, business and needs management, as well as service provision; underlines the role that large-scale pilot projects can play in deploying systemic energy innovation; highlights the value of new business models that use innovative digital technology to optimise self-generation, storage, exchange and self-consumption of on-site renewable energy and increase access to renewables, especially amongst those in energy poverty or in multi- occupancy buildings;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for greater coherence between the relevant funds, including structural funds, dedicated to technology-neutralclean energy projects, and for the existing financing instruments at EU and Member State level to be made more comprehensible; calls on the Commission to provide mapping of different funding and financing instruments and considers that the possibility of pooling the various instruments should be assessed;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to propose a focused, long-term, technology- openopen and inclusive energy-industrial strategy as an integral part of the EU strategy and action plan for a consistent and comprehensive energy dimension of the EU’s industrial policy;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Requests the Commission to ensure that its work on innovation on the one hand, and standards and interoperability on the other, is fully joined up so that the EU establishes global leadership in standard setting in clean energy ‘Internet of Things’ integrated sectors; welcomes as an example in this context the development of the new European standard for smart appliances (Saref) that is potentially creating a new EU-based reference language for energy-related data allowing home devices to exchange information with any energy management system;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that citizen-driven energy innovation opens untapped opportunities for innovation financing; calls on the Commission to explore effective ways to promote clean energy innovation crowdfunding and to consider the setting up of a clean energy innovation crowd equity funds a means of diversifying sources of finance;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that, in order to encourage a bottom-up approach to innovation, the uptake of small scale applications (e.g. NegaWatt, on-site generation, local storage, among others) should be promoted and their clustering and aggregation fostered to attract more investments and increase affordability, with particular attention to low-income households or multi-occupancy buildings;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Highlights the extreme importance for small project promoters and innovators, including local energy communities, renewable energy communities, renewable self-consumers and active customers, to have an easier access to funding through a more simplified and coordinated framework financing the energy transition;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Stresses that well designed financial mechanisms are needed to ensure a smart deployment of clean energy innovation; in the design process there should be sufficient consideration to the need of reducing the risk for the private sector investments in the modernisation and decentralisation of the energy system, while for certain public investments a flexible approach to the accounting system should be considered in order to decrease the financial burden especially on smaller and financially weaker cities, regions and Member States;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is convinced of the long-term innovation potential and value to the energy market, environment and society of local energy communities, renewable energy communities and renewable self- consumers;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that the Commission should develop a study on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, assessing their potential in terms of decarbonisation, decentralisation, digitisation and disintermediation of energy exchanges; the study should also map the current and prospected application of distributed ledger technologies as potential enabler for citizens' activation in the energy sector, and identify the key barriers for a wider uptake of these technologies addressing costs, scalability, technological development and environmental impact; highlights in this context the importance of initiatives such as the JRC-driven platform “Blockchain4EU” or the Energy Innovation Inducement Prize and calls to develop more initiatives to analyse the application of foresight and breakthrough innovation of this kind; calls on the Commission to explore and assess the barriers to the peer-to-peer trading of energy using innovative online platforms and to address those barriers in a EU- wide action plan;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and the Member States to assist EU regions in taking coordinated steps to incentivise energy innovation at local and trans- regional level with the aim of developing coherent strategies; stresses that particular focus should be put on regions faced with the challenges of phasing-out lignite and coal generation and mining industries; underlines the need for assisting them in the development of inclusive, local just transition strategies and addressing societal, socio-economic and environmental impacts along with the reconversion of sites; inclusive stakeholder processes should develop how best to attract alternative new and innovative businesses and start-ups or industries with the aim of building a sustainable regional economy and boost peoples´ dignity, and to replace electricity generation capacity with renewables or energy efficiency solutions; calls for research and innovation policies to focus on how to revitalise concerned regions in terms of sustainable employment and growth perspectives, in particular where retiring lignite or coal-generating capacity is linked to mining activities;