12 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally sound energy provision is indispensable for the competitiveness of European industry; emphasises, therefore, that the energy supply system needs to be overhauled and the share of RES in the electricity supply, heating and cooling and transport sectors increased in a manner that is cost-efficient and without prejudice to supply security;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concernedPoints out that more than 50 % of European renewable energy production is accounted for by non-volatile, non- competitive hydroelectric power; expresses concern that, so far, only some of the new renewables on the energy market are economically competitive, although certain other technologies are closing the gap with market prices; agrees with the Commission that all available means must be used to bring the costs down and make new RES economically competitive; urges, however, that before support is made available to a renewable energy technology an assessment of the life-cycle costs must be carried out in order to determine whether the technology will be economically competitive in the future;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for cost-benefit analyses to weigh up more effectively the interests of various policy areas and to take greater account of the positive effects of renewables, in particular their cost- effective contribution to climate protection; points out that this applies in particular also to EU environmental protection law, for example the Water Framework Directive and the Birds Directive;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underscores the need for electricity storage solutions to facilitate the integration of RES into the energy supply; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storagepoints out that flexible, hydropower-based storage is currently the only widely available and low-cost storage option for large and fluctuating volumes of electricity; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storage and insists that specific storage solutions must not be singled out for preferential treatment; points out that, at present, various differing regulatory provisions, such as the classification of energy storage operators as final consumers, are an obstacle to more extensive use of storage facilities; recommends, therefore, that a clear distinction should be made at European level between electricity or energy storage operators and final consumers;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that cross-border markets for electricity balancing services must be created and the European transmission system must be developed quickly to facilitate the cross-border integration of pumped-storage hydropower, particularly in Scandinavia, the Alps and the Pyrenees;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – introductory part
Paragraph 17 – introductory part
17. Is convinced that ICT will in future play a more important role in energy provision and in the management of RES; calls on the Commission to bring forward without delay proposals for the development, promotion and standardisation of smart grids and meters; calls on the Commission to give particular support to research and development in this sector; emphasises that important factors in this regard include not only planning certainty on the providers’ side but also acceptance on the part of consumers, as well as data protection;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Emphasises that hydropower must play a central role in the planned development of RES, primarily to balance out the increasingly volatile generation of power by RES but also, through pumped storage, as a method of storing electricity; stresses, therefore, that the existing development potential of hydroelectric power generation and pumped storage in the EU must be fully exploited;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Emphasises that hydropower in all its forms helps achieve the objective of a renewable energy supply in future and, in addition to generating energy, serves a number of other useful purposes, including flood prevention and helping to ensure a safe supply of drinking water; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise public awareness of the multiple benefits of hydropower;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that the unlawful distortion of competition on the market is unacceptable; calls on the Commission to bring ongoing competition proceedings to a conclusion as quickly as possible; emphasises that the best conditions for the growth of RES are offered by free global markets; underscores the need to do more to dismantle barriers to trade; calls on the Commission not to create any new obstacles to trade in finished products or components used in renewable energy technologies; calls on the Commission to react to obstacles to trade in, and anti- competitive practices by, third countries in such a way as to safeguard fair competition;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to discriminate against hydropower, with its proven technology, compared to other methods of renewable energy production and to take it fully into account, for example in connection with research into, and the development and demonstration of, variable-speed pumped storage, which offers a more flexible system of controlling storage speeds and so can be connected up to the grid more quickly and efficiently;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Warns that pitching support at too high a level has the effect of over-compensating and thus of slowing technological progress and impeding market integration because it reduces the incentive to develop more innovative and better-value products; is convinced, therefore, that support should be mainly confined to the most commercially viable projects in order to speed up the process of turning RES into marketable products;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisivpossible advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them; notes that the impact on business competitiveness of a market- based system of this kind must be carefully ascertained and, in any event, other support system models should also be presented;