7 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Each Member State, in cooperation with its regional authorities, shall adopt a national action plan.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Easy access to public and private financing and renewables projects of Community interest must be guaranteed. In order to ease the financing of the achievement of the 20 % target, the Commission and the Member States shall, by 31 December 2009, present an analysis and plan aimed, in particular, at the: – better use of structural funds and framework programmes for renewable energies; – better and increased use of funds from the European Investment Bank and other public finance institutions; and – better access to risk capital notably by analysing the feasibility of a risk sharing facility for investments in renewable energies in the European Union similar to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund initiative which is reserved to renewables and energy efficiency investments in third countries. The Commission shall, in particular, analyse how those new financing possibilities could be used for the speeding up of “renewables projects of European interest” through the acceleration of the: – development of 100 % or high renewables energy communities and cities in the framework of the “covenant of majors initiative”; – development of the required network infrastructure to develop off-shore wind and marine energy potentials in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea; – take-up of biomass based district heating and cooling networks in Northern and Eastern EU in combination with a major retrofitting program of the existing building stock; – development of interconnectors with Mediterranean countries in order fully to tap into the vast potential of wind and solar thermal electricity potential in Mediterranean and other neighbouring countries.
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The Commission and the Member States shall, by 31 December 2009, present an analysis and plan aimed at the coordinated targeting of Community and national funding, and other forms of support, at renewable energy and energy efficient technology research centres; in particular at centres that cooperate with universities and enterprises (in particular small and medium-sized enterprises) in applied and innovative breakthrough research; technological research shall take a special interest in decentralised and Community production; such research shall aim to minimise usage conflicts, such as between fuel and food; such centres will also aim to spread awareness among the general public about renewable energy, and, in particular, energy saving measures.
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Member States shall take financial and other supportive measures to ensure that as many agricultural holdings as possible are net producers of energy, through the use of energy sources such as anaerobic digesters, PV, wood chip fuel and second generation biofuels; the competent authority will furthermore ensure that such energy is provided with non-discriminatory access to the electricity and gas networks; however, usage conflicts, such as between wood for fuel and wood for construction, must be minimised, and energy must be generated through non-food organic materials.
Amendment 698 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 d (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Member States shall review their public procurement policies in order to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies; public bodies shall promote the use of non-food organic material fuel in their road transport fleet, and take other measures in line with the new Directive on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles.
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 e (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. In assessing the impact of renewable energy developments taking place in areas designated under EU environmental legislation, and especially the Habitat Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC), the Member States will take into account the positive impact of these developments for Renewable Energy Production in the European Union, and their contribution to meeting the objectives set by this Directive.
Amendment 770 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 7
Article 14 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensureNational regulatory authorities shall make mandatory that the charging of transmission and distribution feeds does not discriminate against electricity from renewable energy sources, including in particularand does not discriminate against electricity from renewable energy sources produced in peripheral regions, such as island regions, and in regions of low population density; the Commission shall investigate abuses of this provision and take the necessary corrective action if it is violated.