Activities of Raffaele FITTO related to 2021/0218(COD)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652
Amendments (18)
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) One of the five cohesion policy objectives for the period 2021-2027 is that of a greener Europe by promoting investment in clean energy, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and sustainable transport. Cohesion policy funds should therefore target preventing any increase in disparities, helping those regions bearing the heaviest transition burden, encouraging investment in infrastructure, and training workers in new technologies to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The ERDF will have to support promoting energy efficiency and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; promote renewable energy; the development of smart energy systems and networks, and promote sustainable, multimodal, urban mobility, in the context of the transition towards a net zero carbon economy; the ESF+ has to contribute to improvements in education and training systems necessary for the adaptation of skills and qualifications, the upskilling of all, including the labour force, the creation of new jobs in sectors related to the environment, climate, energy, the circular economy and the bioeconomy (Article 4 of the ESF+ Regulation)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) Renewable energy communities are a key tool for promoting the widespread use of renewable energy sources and achieving a decentralised energy system while ensuring local economic and social benefits. Initiatives for (collective) self-generation and (collective) self-consumption in dwellings and at district level should be facilitated by reducing permitting, administrative difficulties or other factors inhibiting grid access, grid fees, and enhancing the deployment of technologies such as solar, thermal and photovoltaic, wind and geothermal technologies. To this end the Commission and the Member States are requested to use their respective cohesion policy plans to encourage financing of infrastructure and instruments that will benefit these processes.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Recognises the important role cohesion policy plays in contributing to helping island regions achieve climate neutrality goals, bearing in mind the additional costs connected to sectors such as energy and transport, as well as the impact of mobile technology on their energy systems, which require a level of investment for management of intermittent renewable energy sources that is, proportionately speaking, very high;
Amendment 72 #
(3e) Points out that owing to their small size and isolated energy systems, the most remote island regions, just like the outermost regions, face a major challenge when it comes to energy supply as they generally rely on fossil fuel imports for electricity generation, transport and heating;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Considers that use of renewable energy, including tidal power, should be a priority and believes it could benefit islands substantially, bearing in mind the local communities' requirements, including preservation of the islands' traditional architecture and local habitat; calls, therefore, for support for the development of a wide range of renewable energy sources based on their geographical features; welcomes the green hydrogen programmes which islands have launched;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy introduces an ambitious objective of 300 GW of offshore wind and 40 GW of ocean energy across all the Union’s sea basins by 2050. To ensure this step change, Member States will need to work together across borders at sea-basin level. Member States should therefore jointly define the amount of offshore renewable generation to be deployed within each sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. These objectives should be reflected in the updated national energy and climate plans that will be submitted in 2023 and 2024 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In defining the amount, Member States should take into account the offshore renewable energy potential of each sea basin, environmentalthe technical and economic feasibility of the transmission grid infrastructure, environmental and landscape protection, climate adaptation and other uses of the sea, as well as the Union’s decarbonisation targets. In addition, Member States should increasingly consider the possibility of combining offshore renewable energy generation with transmission lines interconnecting several Member States, in the form of hybrid projects or, at a later stage, a more meshed grid. This would allow electricity to flow in different directions, thus maximising socio- economic welfare, optimising infrastructure expenditure and enabling a more sustainable usage of the sea.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The conditions considered necessary for harnessing the potential of renewable energy sources exist primarily in Europe's northern seas, but are difficult to find in other European seas and oceans, including those around the islands and outermost regions. Therefore, the European Union undertakes to establish alternative technologies capable of not impacting the marine environment adversely for these areas of particular interest.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The geographical diversity and alternative uses of the marine environment have to be taken into account in order for the renewable energy potential of all Europe's seas and oceans to be harnessed, and this calls for a far broader set of technological solutions. These solutions include floating offshore wind and solar farms, energy from waves, currents and tides, the differential in thermal or saline gradients, marine cooling, heating and geothermal energy, marine biomass (algae), conversion of existing offshore oil and gas drilling platforms and yet more technologies, including synergies between technologies.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Administrative and permitting procedures need to be further rationalised, made more flexible and simplified, especially for projects linked to cohesion policy programmes, to reduce the administrative burden for both renewable energy projects and related grid infrastructure projects. Member States should define a minimum set of clear and general rules at EU level to ease and expedite national transposition processes, facilitate a homogeneous application throughout the EU of permitting procedures and ease ex-post monitoring by the Commission of the measures adopted by Member States. These rules should foresee an integrated or coordinated process for renewable energy plants and the transmission grid infrastructures which are essential for their integration into the energy system and simplified permitting procedures for projects which respect clearly defined criteria.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 16
Article 2 – paragraph 16
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 16
Article 2 – paragraph 16
(14ob) ‘community battery’ means a stand-alone rechargeable battery with a rated capacity greater than 50 kWh, which is suitable for installation and use in a residential, commercial or industrial environment and is owned by jointly acting renewable energy self-consumers or a renewable energy community company;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 16
Article 2 – paragraph 16
(14oc) 'joint project' means any joint undertaking between regions, cities or Member States, legally, technically or financially, for the production of renewable energy, which would not be possible without such cooperation;
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
4a. Member States shall establish a framework, which may include support schemes and facilitating the uptake of renewable power purchase agreements, enabling the deployment of renewable electricity to a level that is consistent with the Member State’s national contribution referred to in paragraph 2 and at a pace that is consistent with the indicative trajectories referred to in Article 4(a)(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In particular, that framework shall tackle remaining barriers to a high level of renewable electricity supply, including those related to permitting procedures, to a high level of renewable electricity supplyand ensure long- term price signals for investment decisions, including investments in system adequacy, stability and flexibility through competitive, transparent and non- discriminatory bidding processes, which provide for remuneration of the successful bidders based on market prices. When designing that framework, Member States shall take into account the additional renewable electricity required to meet demand in the transport, industry, building and heating and cooling sectors and for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin.;
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 9 – paragraph b
Article 9 – paragraph b
7a. Member States bordering a sea basin shall cooperate to jointly define the amount of offshore renewable energy they plan to produce in that sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. They shall take into account the specificities and development in each region, the technical and economic feasibility of the transmission grid infrastructure, the offshore renewable potential of the sea basin and the importance of ensuring the associated integrated grid planning. To this end, there should be enhanced cooperation on regional planning for shipping lanes, fishing, protected and restricted areas and energy infrastructure; better collaboration between private and public research; dialogue cultivated between the competent public institutions and any other suitable action carried out. Member States shall notify that amount in the updated integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
(da) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: Member States, in particular, shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that: a) administrative procedures are streamlined and expedited at the appropriate administrative level and predictable timeframes established for the procedures cited in the first paragraph; (b) rules on permitting, certification and licensing are objective, transparent and proportional, do not discriminate amongst applicants and take full account of the particular features of the individual renewable energy technologies; (c) administrative charges paid by consumers, planners, architects, builders and installers and suppliers of apparatus and systems are transparent and cost- related; (d) simplified and less burdensome permitting procedures, including a simple notification procedure, are established for decentralised devices, and for producing and storing energy from renewable sources, provided that the same simplified permitting procedures are also applied to developments in the associated transmission and distribution network in the event that said developments do not increase the occupied area; (e) the permitting procedures for power plants, including offshore renewable plants, and for the network assets necessary for their connection and integration are integrated or coordinated where different procedures for power plants and network assets are foreseen according to national law.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20 – paragraph a
Article 20 – paragraph a
2. In addition to the requirements in [the proposal for a Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020], Member States shall ensure that manufacturers of domestic, community and industrial batteries enable real-time access to basic battery management system information, including battery capacity, state of health, state of charge and power set point, to battery owners and users as well as to third parties acting on their behalf, such as building energy management companies and electricity market participants, under non- discriminatory terms and at no cost.