17 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the future vision of the Energy Union must be one in which Member States recognise that they depend on each other to deliver secureclosely cooperate with each other to maintain a secure supply of energy to their citizens, based on true solidarity and trust, and in which the Energy Union speaks with one voice in global affairs;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU energy and climate policies of the EU and its member states must complement each another, and their objectives must reinforce rather than undermine one another; the Energy Union should therefore complement European reindustrialisation targets, boost the transition to a low-emission economy, ensure security of energy systems and supply and enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, while effectively avoiding any threat of carbon leakage;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas betadequater interconnection levels forcapacities in electricity and gas transmission grids will increase energy security while balancing supply and demand between the Member States;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, quantitative (i.a. disposability of system relevant power plants, capacities of power lines) and qualitative (i.a. stable frequency) security of energy supply is the most pressing issue and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national and cross-regional preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlined at both regional and EU level;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the Union can reduce its dependency on particular suppliers and fuels by maximising its use of sustainable indigenous sources of energy, including conventional and unconventional low- emission fossil fuels and renewables, and therefore stresses that no fuel or technology contributing to energy securityby taking into consideration the cost effectiveness and climate goals should be discriminated againstfe-cycle costs of different technologies;
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the backbone of the future Energy Union must be a fully functioning internal energy market that delivers secure, competitive and sustainable energy over fully functioning, secure and resilient transmission grids, to enable EU companies and consumers to access gas and electricity in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible; considers, therefore, the further expansion of (existing) market areas should be intended;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that larger price zones promote the implementation of the internal energy market, increase market efficiency and improve the situation with regard to liquidity and competition; believes that larger price zones have the requisite characteristics to improve the method of functioning and liquidity in electricity markets to such an extent that the rising proportion of renewable energy can more easily be incorporated into the energy mix; stresses that greater liquidity reduces trading costs, allows price signals for investment decisions to operate more immediately and elastically, permits hedging by plant operators and increases competition, which can enable energy prices to be reduced;
Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes that the Commission rightly defines affordable energy prices for consumers, SME and industry as a main goal of the energy union and that energy price developments in member states shall be monitored on a regular basis; takes note that industry in Europe continues to face strikingly higher costs for electricity and gas than industries in other industrialized regions, which to a large extend are due to the design of European and national energy policies; calls on the Commission to conduct studies on factors of high energy costs in Europe on an annual basis and give concrete policy recommendations to member states on how to limit politically induced elements of cumulative energy costs;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based and better optimalized, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 650 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to concentrate their efforts on driving projects of common interest (PCIs) forward, with a view to achieving a pan- European ‘superelectricity/ gas transmission grid' with thesufficient capacity to transmit power across EU countries from multiple sources and therefore capable of diverting energy from surplus to deficit areas, thereby allowing the market to instantly respond to interruptions of supply wherever they occurintegrating renewables, ensuring security of supply and fostering an European energy market; paying attention to eliminating existing obstacles in the process of approving and permitting projects (like e.g. individual technical standards, EMF, noise emission) and fostering innovation (i.e. upgrade of existing lines);
Amendment 698 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that in order to successfully balance the internal market, investment is needed not only in interconnectors but also in, inter alia, storage capacity, such as hydro pump storage plants, LNG terminals and smart grids, in order to cope with enhanced renewable and distributed generation;
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Acknowledges that local authorities of European cities undoubtedly make an important contribution to energy independence by increasing energy- efficiency through cogeneration, modernising district heating systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovating buildings; emphasises the creation of appropriate actions to ensure the operation and installation of cogeneration of heat and power to generate the economic and environmental profit of this urban technology;
Amendment 917 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising our energy systems, adopting strategies for using and promoting not onlysafe, renewable energy sources but also other low-emission sources of energy; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to revise its Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines in a way which will provide for an equitable treatment of energy production from different energy source, sustainable and indigenous energy sources with quantifiable life-cycle costs;
Amendment 938 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Underlines that Europe faces investment leakage of energy intensive sectors in Europe, most notably reflected by declining average annual investments by energy intensive industries in Europe yet rising investments in the same sectors in other parts of the world; takes note that cumulative costs of energy and climate policies play a key role in this development; therefore emphasizes the necessity for continuing carbon leakage protection under the EU ETS for the respective sectors post 2020 with free allocation based on actual production levels, covering both direct and indirect carbon costs, while removing the application of the ETS correction factor in order for sectors at risk of carbon leakage not to face undue carbon costs.
Amendment 941 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Stresses that water power is a major, indigenous, renewable and safe energy source which accounts for 11% of all European electricity production; stresses that water power will therefore continue to play an important role in electricity production and storage and will make a major contribution to de-carbonising the European economy and reducing the EU's dependence on external energy sources;
Amendment 964 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous energy sources such as nucleahydro power, clean coal technologies and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) would make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal;
Amendment 1061 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission to intensify its research efforts regarding the better use of Europe's indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventional; as well as to stimulate the founding of regional research and development clusters for energy storage and energy transmission.