14 Amendments of Struan STEVENSON related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas one of the aims of European Union energy policy – in a spirit of solidarity among the Member States, as part of the creation of the single market and in accordance with the need to conserve and improve the environment – is to promote the development of new and renewable energy sourcesforms of energy;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, as things stand at present,ccording to estimates the EU is on track to achieve theits target of a 20% share for RES in the energy mix by 2020;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the Commission that, in future, new forms of energy generation including RES, will account for a growing share of energy provision in Europe, both for electricity supply and for the heating and cooling and transport sectors, and that they will reduce Europe's dependence on conventional energy;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally sound energy provision is indispensable for the competitiveness of European industry; emphasises, therefore, that the energy supply system needs to be overhauled and the share of RESproven, publicly accepted and financially sustainable forms of energy generation increased in a manner that is cost-efficient and without prejudice to supply security;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that, so far, only some of the renewables on the energy market are economically competitive, although certain other technologies are closing the gap with market prices; agrees with the Commission that all availppropriate, financially sustainable means must be used to bring the costs down and make RES and other new forms of energy generation economically competitive;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the importance of ensuring that prices for consumers, both domestic and industrial, remain at an affordable level;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new) (after subheading "Renewable energy on the European internal energy market")
Paragraph 5 a (new) (after subheading "Renewable energy on the European internal energy market")
5 a. Notes that certain renewable technologies can cause unacceptable loss of amenity and may pose human health risks when located in close proximity to residential dwellings; emphasises that RES should not be developed in a manner which selectively damages the living environment or economic welfare of isolated communities or habitations; underscores the need for national governments to ensure the protection of or the proper compensation for, anyone whose health or amenity may be damaged by the development of RES;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES, where financially sustainable and publicly supported, RES and other low-carbon technologies must be fully integrated into the European internal energy market in all the Member States without delay and that in the long term they must take on stabilising functions and tasks within the system that have previously been performed by conventional energy sources;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the further development of RES will entail permanent landscape change in Europe; points out that the only way to win public acceptance of RES is through transparent planning, construction and licensing procedures with mandatory and timely public consultation, in which all the stakeholders are involved from the outset;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that the unlawful distortion of competition on the market is unacceptable; calls on the Commission to bring ongoing competition proceedings to a conclusion as quickly as possible; emphasises that the best conditions for the growth of RES are offered by free global markets without subsidy; underscores the need to do more to dismantle barriers to trade; calls on the Commission not to create any new obstacles to trade in finished products or components used in renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that the Member States currently use almost 170 different types of promotion mechanism; points out that this support has lead to healthy growth but that some of the promotion systems are very costly and that, in some cases, a considerable financial burden has been placed on consumers without their having had a choice in the matter; notes that, despite the subsidies, RES have not yet managed to become competitive vis-à-vis conventional methods of energy production only in certain areas, e.g.even in areas where the geographical conditions favour them;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises that state influence has had the effect of making the price of electricity to consumers and industry in certain Member States relativeunacceptably high; Points out that, in 2010, 22% of households in the EU were worried about being able to meet their electricity bills and assumes that the situation in this regard has since worsened; stresses that energy poverty must be prevented and that industry's ability to compete must not be affected;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES and other low- carbon technologies will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;