7 Amendments of Paul BRANNEN related to 2016/2041(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas it isthe European Commission estimateds that biomass imports will triple between 2010more than half of renewable energy in the EU is currently produced from biomass and by 2020, and yet EU demand for solid biomass for bioenergy production is to be met mostly using domestic raw materials the amount of wood used for energy alone will equal today's entire EU wood harvest; whereas due to the fact that the EU does not have sufficient wood supplies in order to meet a fast-growing demand for forest bioenergy it is estimated that biomass imports will triple between 2010 and 2020;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas renewable bio-energies sustainably produced within the agricultural sector can 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, creating jobs and improving incomes in the sector, provided that the overall carbon impacts of bioenergy feedstocks are properly accounted for;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the importance of promoting and encouraging the development of on- farm sources of alternative energy production, which can have a significant impact on creating new green jobs in rural areas including from waste where appropriate;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the value of wood for energy purposes in contributing to the renewable energy targets of the 2030 climate and energy framework and in opening up new business opportunities; stresses nevertheless the need for correct and comprehensive management of carbon budgets associated with bioenergy;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of supporting EU framework programmes for research in relation to refinedsustainability of biofuels, rational use of biomass and, the development of fast- growing energy crops and overall carbon impacts of bioenergy;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to promote the importance of the sustainable forest-based bioeconomy and of wood as one of the EU’s crucial renewable raw materialCalls on the Commission to come up with a set of binding sustainability criteria for solid biomass grown in the EU and imported from third countries;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that feedstock such as wheat, maize and sugar beet could also be used as an energy resource in the production ofas formally recognized in the ILUC Directive no. 2015/1513, the use of food crops for biofuels cand bioethanol in cases of market oversupply of such agricultural products, which would ensure stability of farmers’ income seriously undermine food security and climate mitigation efforts.