24 Amendments of Chris DAVIES related to 2013/2079(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas CCS is the only technology able to provide deep CO2 cuts from major industrial sectors including steel, cement, and chemicals and oil refineries, and in combination with the use of biomass for electricity generation has the potential to promote a net reduction in CO2 emissions;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas the low carbon roadmap produced by the European Cement Association in 2013 suggests that the sector could achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 with the deployment of CCS, but that in its absence the maximum that could be achieved would be 32%;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that CCS deployment is needed for the EU to meet its 2050 low- carbon aspirations at least cost; recalls that the Commission's 2050 Low-Carbon Economy Roadmap highlights CCS as an indispensable tool for the decarbonisation of industries such as steel and cement that lack other means of achieving the objective; affirms the urgent need to develop a range of full- chain CCS flagship projects; appreciates that instruments in addition to the EU ETS are needed to drive forward their development;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a 2020 target for CCS deployment that should include coal and gas power generation and a range of industrial sectors; suggests an ambition of, as a matter of urgency, to come forward with additional proposals for supporting CCS projects already at a sufficient stage of development to be capable of operation by 2020; suggests that an appropriate objective would be to havinge sufficient projects in operation and under construction jointly to capture and storequestrate 10 Mt of CO2 per annum;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that ambitious proposals for the development and commercial deployment of CCS should be included within the 2030 climate and energy framework, both to ensure policy coherence and to inform investors that electricity generating plants using unabated fossil fuels risk becoming stranded assets;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the need for the Commission to come forward with proposals for promoting the deployment of CCS technology to reduce CO2 emissions from industrial sectors such as steel, cement and petrochemicals;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Believes that the Steel Action Plan should make specific reference to the need to develop CCS flagship projects within this sector;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Suggests that the Commission should assess the quantities of CO2 currently being separated and vented from industrial plants and gas rigs with a view to making the capture and sequestration of this a priority;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Reminds the Commission that it has identified CCS as a tool that is essential to the achievement of a competitive low carbon economy at lowest cost; emphasises the need for the Commission to start acting with new vigour, improved coordination, and single purpose to promote CCS development and overcome the obstacles that hold this back;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to propose that Member States should be required to prepare and publish national low carbon roadmaps prior to the UNFCCC conference in 2015;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that Member States have the key role in providing a transparent revenue stream, and incentives such as feed-in tariffspremia, to support the construction and operation of flagship projects while enabling operators to secure a return on their investment, and in introducing regulatory requirements such as guarantees that first-mover CCS power plants provide baseload electricity generation;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suggests that the Commission should prepare guidance for Member States to highlight the very wide range of financial and other mechanisms that could be deployed to support and incentivise CCS development;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that in framing the parameters for the use of such a fund account should be taken of lessons learnt from the limitations and inflexibility of the existing NER300 funding mechanism;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that longer-term CCS support should be derived principally from the production and, import and use of the fossil fuels responsible for the release of CO2; calls on the Commission to propose the introduction from 2020 of a system requiring the purchase of CCS certificates proving the storage of CO2CO2 emissions avoided in proportion to that embedded within their products and used within their processes;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that the Commission should consider how use might be made of the EU Coal and Steel Research Fund to support CCS pre-commercial demonstration in these industrial sectors;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to propose that structural funds should be available in the next programming period from 2020 to support Member States' deployment of CCS.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Appreciates the encouragement given by the Norwegian government to CCS projects within the EU and expresses the wish that in negotiating the next programming period a request be made for funding support for CCS flagship projects;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Requests that the Commission assess the benefits of adopting and developing the Ciuden CCS pilot project in Spain, which has received some €100 million support funding from EU sources, as a European test facility for capture technologies and inland CO2 storage;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission to propose measures intended to ensure that financial support for CCS is provided on a basis comparative to that for other low carbon technologies in relation to the avoidance of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to propose a North Sea energy infrastructure initiative to both promote the most effective use of the storage potential of sites currently being used for hydrocarbon extraction, and to enhance oil and gas recovery from existing and future pipelines; recognises the urgent need for such action as potential storage sites and infrastructure will be lost as oil and gas production comes to an end;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to clarify whether there are circumstances in which it will permit the cross-border transfer of CO2 for sequestration during the period prior to ratification of the necessary revisions of the Treaty of London;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the concern of potential CCS developers that the requirements of the CCS Directive appear one-sided, may require private companies to accept excessive and unquantifiable liability for CO2 storage despite their work being approved by a Member State's competent authority, and could pose a significant deterrent to investment;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to revise its CCS Directive guidance documents to clarify these points;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Suggests that the requirement of the CCS Directive requirement that, in the event of CO2 leakage, operators must surrender allowances does not take into account the costly remedial efforts requiredpay due regard to the fact that a CO2 storage site can be approved only if the competent authority of a Member State is satisfied that there is no significant risk of leakage or of harm to health or the environment; does not accept that in these circumstances an operator should bear full responsibility for any problems experienced unless caused by negligence or malpractice; fears that thise current obligation puts a further obstacle in the way of CCS development; calls on the Commission to propose a revision in its assessment of the CCS Directive;