20 Amendments of Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS related to 2008/2239(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas any European energy policy must pursue three main objectives in an integral and concomitant manner, namely security of supply and solidarity among Member States, limitation of climate change, and economic growthcompetitiveness,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas from 2030, in order to alleviate the major risk of world energyfossil fuel shortages, the EU will have to have developed and programmed new, competitive, low CO2 energy technologies,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the development of energy networks is essential for improving security of supply, which must figure prominently among European energy policy priorities,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the threefold objective set for 2020 of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, achieving energy savings of 20% and attaining a 20% share for renewables in primary energy consumption; calls on Member States to consider a reduction of 50 to 80% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; calls on the Commission to draw up possible energy scenarios, in consultation with all the stakeholders, illustrating ways in which these objectives may be reached and setting out the underlying technical and economic hypotheses;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that an appropriate European energy policy must be founded on a balanced energy mix based on the use of non-carbon energy and the lowest emitting fossil fuels and on new technologies which drastically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from solid fossil fuels;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the European Council set a target of achieving gas and electricity interconnection capacity between Member States of 10%;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its support for the Nabucco projects to diversify sources of supply, particularly the Nabucco project; is concerned, however, about the progress of the project and the risks to sources of supply for the gas pipeline;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to draw up strategic guidelines intended for lasting application, while leaving it to private industrial undertakings to implement them, striking a balance between market mechanisms and regulation; stresses the importance of finalising the negotiations on the legislative package on the internal energy market and calls on the Commission and Member Statestabilising the regulatory framework; supports tohe set upting up of an independent agency for cooperation between energy regulators, as provided for in the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, with strong powers, including powers relating to security of supply;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to cooperate to draw up a European strategic plan with a view to multiannual programming of the investment necessary to meet future electricity generation needs on the basis of medium-term projections of energy requirements; believes that an indicative multiannual plan should also be envisaged in the gas sector to provide an overall view of investment requirements at European level;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to reinforce energy relations with the countries of Latin America in the context of existing and future association and cooperation agreements;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that, because of the high cost of strategic gas stocks, it is preferabl and of related technical difficulties, it is not appropriate to lay down regulatory obligations for Member States in this field; considers that in order to act cost effectively it is more appropriate to promote transparency of commercial stocks and, diversification of connections; proposes, however, that Member States introduce emergency measures, such as strategic stocks of the order of 10% and/or contracts which can be interrupted in the event of a crisis and the setting up of security of supply standards enabling Member States to use all the flexibility tools at their disposal (commercial stocks, contracts which can be interrupted, LNG facilities, spot markets, etc.) and deal with crisis situations and extreme climatic conditions; considers that a precise analysis must be carried out in order to define the most appropriate standards and the minimum margins which they must guarantee in terms of consumption;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that renewable energies, such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass, geothermal and marine resources, arwill in future be the most important potential source of energy available to the EU, which can help to stabilise energy prices and combat increasing energy dependence, and welcomes the initiative to submit a communication on eliminating obstacles to renewable energies; stresses, however, that certain renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaics, and certain national programmes to support the use of these sources, can lead to an excessive increase in energy prices; calls, therefore, on Member States to focus their efforts on the most competitive renewable energies;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Endorses the Commission's analysis that it is urgent for Member States which have opted for nuclear, or which do so in future, to take the necessary investment decisions and that the EU should continue to provide a regulatory framework for its useimportant to maintain the contribution of nuclear energy in the energy mix, and to that end to promote without delay the establishment of a harmonised regulatory and economic framework facilitating the necessary investment decisions; calls on the Commission to draw up a specific road map for nuclear investments; considers it imperative to launch a debate within society, without prejudgments, on the use of this source of energy;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers it essential to guarantee to European citizens that, in the EU, nuclear energy is used safely and transparently, particularly as regards the management of nuclear waste; welcomes the Commission’s adoption of a new proposal for a directive establishing a Community framework for the safety of nuclear installations;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. ConsiderStresses that neither in its Revised Illustrative Programme nor in the Strategic Review has the Commission examined the likely development of nuclear technology by 2050, as suggested in the reference document of the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform, or the position assigned to the ITER controlled fusion project;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission and Member States to devise a European energy policy which will permit a massive conversion to low carbon emission energy technologies (renewable energies, CCS, nuclear) to meet the growing needs for energy consumption although there is a risk of a major crisis in the energy field; stresses that, while energy efficiency and energy saving remain a priority, as does the continued development of renewable energies, it will not be possible to overcome the energy resource deficit by 2030 without nuclear energy contributing a larger share than it does at present;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Stresses that the European nuclear industry is the world leader in all nuclear cycle technologies, particularly enrichment, which contributes significantly to the Union’s security of supply;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
389. Recalls the need constantly to encourage research into transmutation of nuclear waste and nuclear fusion as a source of energy in the very long term; (POr. fr paragraphs 38 and 39 should follow the timescale of the research projects referred to, with9 dealing with the medium term and paragraph 38 the long term.)
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
398. Calls for the road map to make it possible to direct energy technology research and development in order to reduce the cost of renewable energies, with a view to energy storage and the success of fourth-generation nuclear reactors, and in order in particular to find an alternative to oil for transport, while highlighting solar energy, which is an infinite resource; (POr. fr paragraphs 38 and 39 should follow the timescale of the research projects referred to, with9 dealing with the medium term and paragraph 38 the long term.)
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for the road map to make it possible to direct energy technology research and development in order to reduce the cost of renewable energies, with a view to energy storage and the success of fourth-generation nuclear reactors and carbon capture and sequestration, and in order in particular to find an alternative to oil for transport, while highlighting solar energy, which is an infinite resource;