Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2016/2041(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Renewable energy progress report (A8-0196/2016 - Paloma López Bermejo) DE
Amendments (10)
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role ofimportance of ensuring that renewable support schemes in attracting long-term investment andre consolidating the renewable sectorst- efficient and purely market-based; rejects the retroactive elimination of renewable support schemes;
Amendment 117 #
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;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates Parliament’s call for bindingCouncil Conclusions from 23/24 October 2014, setting an EU targets of a 30 %t least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030ed in the EU in 2030 and an indicative target at the EU level of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030 compared to projections of future energy consumption based on the current criteria;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the Paris agreement highlights the need to ensure sustainable and cost-efficient development of renewable energy in the EU; calls therefore for a commitment to market- based mechanisms in the delivery of decarbonisation;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that Member States should justify the use of provisions for statistical transfers and the devefacilitate cost-effective deplopyment of cooperation mechanisms to meet their targets on the basis of feasibility constraints with regard to developing renewables, so as to ensure that national targets are actually bindingthe renewable energy potential in the EU; reiterates that Council Conclusions from October 2014 do not foresee binding targets for RES; asks therefore for a governance system to be enforced;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of public consultation and participation in the planning of new energy infrastructure projects, in particular as regards new interconnections; proceedings must be conform with regulation (EU) No 347/2013 on guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need for a differential treatment betweendifferent capabilities of micro, small and large producers; stresses the importance of ensurproviding financial and administrative faciliticentives for ‘prosumers’ (households, micro and small businesses, cooperatives, public administrations and non-commercial entities that engage in energy production); notes that non-variable forms of renewables production, such as hydropower, play an important role in supporting the integration of variable renewables in the market;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that renewable electricity production from variable renewables should be better integrated with the electric distribution and transmission systems, considering the changes towards a more decentralised model for energy;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the Commission’sat demand-response, storategy to increase demand-response mechanismsge and flexible power generation facilitate an increasing share of renewable energy; stresses that thiconsumers should not create an additional financial burden for citizensbe free to decide whether to benefit from such services or not;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that stabilittransparency in energy prices is necessary to induce the adequate demand responses from consumers;