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Activities of Werner LANGEN related to 2015/2322(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Towards a new energy market design - EU strategy on heating and cooling (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2322(INI)

Reports (1)

Report on Towards a New Energy Market Design PDF (464 KB) DOC (138 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2015/2322(INI)
Documents: PDF(464 KB) DOC(138 KB)

Amendments (18)

Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 10 September 2013 on making the internal energy market work,
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in order to achieve the climate and energy targets, the energy system of the future will need more flexibility which requires investment in all four flexibility solutions - flexible production, network development, demand flexibility and storage;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas national dutienergy taxes, fixed prices, subsidies, feed-in prioritiespreferential treatment and a lack of interconnectors or a failure to use interconnectors optimally prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2- free energy sources;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas all market participants should contribute to system balancing in order to ensure maximum security of electricity supply at a reasonable cost for society and the economy;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to be more pro-actively involved in the design of athe European internal market in electricity and to avoid undermining the objectives of Articles 114 and 194 TFEU by means of permanent capacity marketechanisms;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that ainvestments in the European internal market in electricity is possiblare being made on the basis of stronger price incentives; is aware, however, of the risks of unpredictable price surges and calls for meaningful pilot projects to be carried out before introducing prices that reflect the actual scarcity of suppliesurges; whether prices that reflect the actual scarcity of supplies in fact lead to adequate investments in electricity production capacities should be evaluated on a regular basis;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of a common analysis of system management at regional level and calls for the transmission system operators of neighbouring markets to devise a common methodology to that endit to be applied regionally and throughout Europe;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that transmission network expansion in particular is indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that rapid network expansion and the removal of network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones as a last resort could be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concerned in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed regional analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneck, on the basis of standard European criteria, and a bottleneck or a capacity gap has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the current regulatory framework to be revised in order to promote the use of energy storage systems and other flexibility options with the aim of feeding into the energy system, on a centralised or decentralised basis, a larger share of renewable intermittent energy sources with low marginal costs;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for a definition of an electricity-system energy storage device to be incorporated into the regulatory framework;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls for a separate category for electricity storage systems to be created in the current regulatory framework alongside generation, grid operation and consumption;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls for power supply and ancillary services contracts to be awarded on a free- market basis; states that such open tendering, whether organised nationally or on a cross-border basis, should be technology-neutral and also make it possible for energy storage operators to take part;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 3027%; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables is outdated and that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity producers will be heightened disproportionately;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Member States must meet specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of promoting renewables in a way that focuses on competition and cost efficiency; therefore regards by means of market-based tendering systems; in this connection, for example, competition for the promotion of investment ais more compatible with the market than fixed feed-in priorities and fixed pricestariffs and general preferential treatment;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that, for a medium-term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that, for a medium-term transitional period, both nuclear power, which is largely CO2- neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas- fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 586 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for ACER to be given a power of decision-making in the coordination of cross-border issues; rejects, however, comprehensive monitoring of the energy market by ACER, since this would require the creation of a massive new authority and would impair system security;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE