3 Amendments of Morten PETERSEN related to 2021/2006(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the major role of natural gas in meeting today’s global energy demand and stresses that the part it plays in the energy transition will be influenced by the extent to which methane emissions are further reducedBelieves that fossil gas, consisting mostly of methane, has no long-term role in EU’s energy future and needs to be phased out as soon as possible in tandem with a swift move to a fully renewable energy system in order to reach climate neutrality by 2050; believes that the Member States should to this aim adopt fossil-gas phase-out plans with clear timeframes and intermediate targets, linked to the review and update of National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP); underlines that according to IEA´s Net Zero by 2050 report and pathway ‘there is no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply’;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees that improved top-down data from satellites in the framework of the Copernicus programme, as well as aerial monitoring, will assist in targeting leak detection; strongly supports the sharing of information and technologies among stakeholders in order to catalyse abatement efforts; believes that independent, comparable, verifiable and transparent emissions data are key to gain knowledge about the size of the emission problem and to combat under-estimation of the size and amount of leaks;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that methane emissions from the waste sector comes partly from leaks out of biogas plants; calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on the best methods to build and operate biogas plants to address leaks due to poor maintenance, operation and design;