9 Amendments of Simona BONAFÈ related to 2016/0000(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Welcomes the fact that in 2013 the use of renewable energies enabled the generation of around 388 million gross tonnes of CO2 to be avoided and led to a reduction in demand for fossil fuels in the EU of 116 Mtoe;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to give priority to renewable energy sources, awarding specific attention to the potential of planned renewable energy sources such as biomethane, and technologies with the least damaging effects on the environment and biodiversity, capitalising on the advantage of a specific geographical and climate situation to secure a beneficial outcome;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Emphasises that financing the development of renewable energy production has entailed disproportionate costs for consumers; the Commission and Member States should therefore develop new means of financing based on competitive tendering arrangements and auctions, and create greater certainty for investors by ensuring that retrospective measures are excluded;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Highlights the need to alleviate impediments of a non-financial nature and calls for simplification and harmonisation of authorisation, permit granting and connection for renewable energy generating plants;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concern at the fact that progress has slowed in meeting the EU’s 10% target for renewable energy use in the transport sector and draws attention to the importance of reaching that goal from the point of view of lowering greenhouse gas emission levels and reducing EU dependency on imported energy; points out that renewable energies are key to achieving sustainable mobility; calls on the Commission to promote the use of electric vehicles and vehicles that run on alternative fuels which can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as biomethane and hydrogen based on renewables; calls on the Commission to promote a legislative framework offering prospects for advanced biofuels which can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the period after 2020 and, by providing an appropriate incentive to their use, to help open up ‘green’ jobs while averting adverse effects of indirect land- use change on the environment and on biodiversity, including at worldwide level;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that research and development activities play an essential role in the development of renewable energies; calls on the Commission to support research and development activities in the field of renewable energy and its storage with a view to making the EU renewable energy industry more competitive; believes that increased funding should be earmarked for new generation renewable energies in the mid- term review of Horizon 2020;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Commission to ensure the integration of renewable energies into the markets on a level playing field with conventional energy sources and the adaptation of the markets to renewable energies;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Emphasises that a third of the target the EU has set itself for 2020 in the field of renewable energies in the transport sector could be achieved by using biogas from organic waste, while around 2% of the renewable energies target could be achieved if all organic waste were sent for anaerobic digestion. For this reason, and to further the transition to a circular economy, in which waste is considered a new resource, it is essential that differentiated waste collection be made compulsory in all EU Member States by 2020;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6m. Calls on the Member States to make maximum use of the opportunities provided by the cooperation arrangements under the Directive on renewable energies in order to achieve the 2020 target and an energy model centred on renewable energy sources and maintains that closer cooperation between the Member States would help ensure the efficient provision of renewable energy to the main consumption points in the EU;