6 Amendments of Anni PODIMATA related to 2008/0015(COD)
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Carbon dioxide capture and geological storage (CCS) is a means of mitigating climate change. It consists of the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial installations, its transport to a storage site and its injection into a suitable geological formation for the purposes of permanent storage. So as not to obviate the anticipated benefits of CCS technology in terms of reduced carbon dioxide emissions, special care must be taken to ensure that this technology does not serve as an incentive to increase the number of generating plants fired by conventional fuels.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States should retain the right to determine the areas within their territory from which storage sites may be selected. The selection of the appropriate storage site is crucial to ensure that the stored CO2 will be completely contained for the indefinite future. A siMember States should thereforaccordingly be allowed to take account of their geological characteristics, for example seismicity, in the most objective and effective way possible in selecting storage sites. A site should only be only be selected as a storage site, if there is no significant risk of leakage, and if in any case no significant environmental or health impacts are likely to occur. This should be determined through a characterisation and assessment of a potential storage complex pursuant to specific requirements.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) The transition to low-carbon power generation requires first and foremost that new investments in alternative forms of energy such as renewable energy and, secondly, fossil fuel power generation are made in such a way as to facilitate substantial reductions in emissions. To this end, Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants should be amended to require that all combustion plants, for which the original construction license or the original operating licence is granted after the entry into force of this Directive, have suitable space on the installation site for the equipment necessary to capture and compress CO2 and that the availability of suitable storage sites and transport networks, as well as the technical feasibility of retrofitting for CO2 capture, have been assessed.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 11
Article 3 – point 11
(11) ‘substantial change’ means a change which may have significant effects on the environmentterrestrial and aquatic environment, on health and on safety;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. A geological formation shall only be selected as a storage site, if under the proposed conditions of use there is no significant risk of leakage, and if no significant negative terrestrial and aquatic environmental or health impacts are likely to occur.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 8 – point 1 – subpoint b
Article 8 – point 1 – subpoint b
(b) the management of the storage site will be in the hands of a natural person who is technicfinancially, technically and environmentally competent and reliable to manage the site; professional and technical development and training of this person and all staff are provided;