20 Amendments of Francesca DONATO related to 2023/2111(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the energy modelling used by the Commission for assessing decarbonisation pathways and associated policy options significantly underestimates the positive impact of geothermal energy and therefore needs improvement to aid effective policy design
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas geothermal technologies can provide significant opportunities for the decarbonisation of the energy sector by making it possible to generate electricity, supply heating and cooling, offering thermal underground storage and a sustainable extraction of lithium and other minerals
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. Whereas sector integration with geothermal technologies will play a crucial role in enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of the energy sector and decreasing its carbon footprint;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. Whereas the synergies on geothermal exploration with the national programme for general exploration targeted at critical raw materials, that each Member State shall draw up according to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission to propose an EU strategy to meet the target to triple geothermal capacity by 2030. The aim is to ensure a sound regulatory framework, permitting processes, digital geological data, implementation of the EU legislation, promotion of best practises, harmonised financial risk products, support for planning district and networked geothermal systems;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the European Commission to introduce a European financial risk mitigation scheme to provide coverage to local authorities and project developers to aid the development of cost-effective geothermal energy capacity across Europe. It could be extended to neighbouring countries to facilitate their attainment of energy security targets;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the European Commission to establish a European Geothermal Alliance to facilitate accelerated growth for the sector and ensure the EU’s energy security and strategic autonomy. The Alliance should also promote the replication of robust regulatory frameworks and best practices outlined in mature geothermal markets as well as supporting supply-chain development.
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the European Commission to amend relevant legislation for electricity and gas distribution System Operators (DSOs) to facilitate coordination between heat and cold network energy companies and local authorities to plan, invest and manage geothermal heating and cooling networks/district systems;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the European Commission to establish a framework to renumerate underground thermal energy storage as this will not be covered by the Electricity Market Design reforms and provide a dedicated call to pilot underground pumped hydro long duration electrical storage plants as this is vital to the smooth operation of the electricity system and the EU’s energy security;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that national and EU-wide measures for geothermal energy should be based on an assessment of the geothermal potential of Europepotential of geothermal of Europe as well as major sources of demand to identify which are the most appropriate types of geothermal solution, taking into account their diverseified geological and climate conditions, and an estimate of the cost- efficiency of deploying geothermal solutions; calls for the timely implementation of the measures to achieve the average annual increase of geothermal heating and cooling referred to in Article 23, paragraph 1, first subparagraph of the European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 September 2023 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Directive 98/70/EC as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the requirements of mining laws designed for large-scale mining projects are difficult to uphold in much smaller-scale geothermal projects; calls on the Member States to review and simplify existing mining laws, where necessary, or to develop dedicated permitting rules for geothermal with particular simplification and support for these projects in island regions; asks the Commission to provide guidelines to ensure the requisite level of coherence;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that permits for geothermal installations must be made extensible to covering the extraction of lithium or theand other minerals or production of hydrogen from existing capacity under the same lease;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on how to implement geothermal areas;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that most Member States have yet to implement the 2009 provision of Directive 98/70/EC regarding the promotion of energy from renewable sources, that calls on Member States to ensure that certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes are available for installers of small-scale shallow geothermal systems and heat pumps;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the skills and capacity of permitting agencies and local authority heat and cold planners receive appropriate attention and support;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that while the EU is the leader in geothermal research and development and manufacturing, support measures for next-generation geothermal technologies are needed at European and national level, with particular regard to island regions, in order to support this position, particularly in geothermal storage and industrial applications;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets that the potential of depleted, abandoned or end of life hydrocarbon reservoirs for geothermal applications is not being fully tapped;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to undergo an inventory of geothermal resource base and to prepare a best practice roadmap to transform these hydrocarbon assets;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Notes that the large part of district heating and cooling systems are fossil fuels based in these territories in transition; underlines that many systems could be converted to geothermal and that this should be prioritised in the Modernisation and Cohesion Funds;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that public resistance remains a challenge for geothermal projects, particularly on the basis of also due to environmental concerns such as: the possible contamination ofinterference with ground waters, gasnon-condensable emissions or, water over- exploitation; expresses the opinion that maintaining high environmental standards and transparency standards can, and a sustainable lifecycle assessment approach could serve as anthe efficient way of overcoming distrust;