32 Amendments of Marita ULVSKOG related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that renewable energy is being developed in the Member States with a view to meeting the targets set for 2020; calls on the Commission to propose rational goals up to 2030, which should take into account the proportion of electricity to bfulfil the goals of promoting renewable generated from renewable sources, energy efficiency, clean conventional energy technologies, and CO2 storage;gy, reduce greenhouse gas emission, energy efficiency and security of supply ensuring the achievement of the medium- to long term climate reduction targets and industrial competitiveness.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that European energy policy must be focused on the development, deployment and distribution of renewable energy. More ambitious renewable energy targets for member states are necessary for 2030 and beyond in order to achieve a renewable energy based economy by 2050.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for a development of new economic instruments in order to stimulate renewable energy and for fossil fuel subsidies to be phased out.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that renewable energy is not being developed separately, but as part of the overall energy system; rReiterates that funding needs to be allocated under the Connecting Europe programme to finance the development of ICT-based smart grids so as to enable renewable energy to be incorporated more comprehensively and improve the stability of transfer systems;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas energy policy must, at all times, reflect a balance between the aims of supply security and economic and environmental viabilityfocus on fulfilling the goals of promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and security of supply ensuring industrial competitiveness and the achievement of the medium- to long term climate reduction targets;
Amendment 32 #
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 environmentbuild a sustainable society and reduce our climate changing emissions – is to promote the development of new and renewable energy sources and to use energy more efficiently;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to use the crisis as an opportunity to make the necessary investments in clean tech in order to generate employment and economic growth.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, as things stand at present, the EU is on track to achieve the target 20% share for RES in the energy mix by 2020; whereas therefore more ambitious binding renewable energy targets for members states are necessary for 2020, 2030 and beyond in order to achieve a renewable energy-based economy by 2050;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the need for energy and CO2 storageout that research is the key to the development and affordability of new and clean technologies; maintains that funding needs to be allocated under the Horizon 2020 programme to finance the development of energy and CO2 storage technologies;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the economic crisis and the debt crisis in Europe have not yet been overcome and major challenges have to be faced in terms of public budgeting; whereas the crisis should be used as an opportunity to make the necessary investments in clean tech in order to generate employment and economic growth;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that research and development focusing on reducing the environmental impact and the efficient use of waste to produce electricity, gas, and heat are important from the point of view of meeting energy efficiency targets;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas investors requirwill not have security and continuity for their projected investments beyond 2020unless the EU agrees on a new climate and energy policy framework for the period beyond 2020; acknowledges that the annual growth rate of renewable energy sources would be significantly lower after 2020 without new climate or energy policy initiatives;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas there are subsidies of a value of USD 400 billion supporting the wasteful consumption of fossil fuels which impedes the growth of renewable energies; whereas the Pittsburgh and Los Cabos G-20 summits endorsed the objective of phasing out inefficient fossil fuels subsidies over the medium term; whereas concrete proposals towards the implementation of this objective is lacking;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees withConsiders that European energy policy must be refocused on the development, deployment and distribution of renewable energy; calls on the EU Member States and the Ccommission that, in future, RES will account for a growing share of energy provision in Europe, both for electricity supply and for the heating and cooling and transport secs to raise the EU's ambitions and increase the renewable energy target to 30% renewable by 2020, with a further additional binding target of 45% in 2030 and additional indicative targets for 2040 and 2050; calls on the European Commission to urgently deliver legislative proposals to revise the climate and energy package to this end so that long term security for investors, and that they will reduce Europe's dependence on conventional energy; innovators is ensured; underlines that investments in renewable energy and the sustainable transition of society is key to creating jobs, industrial competitiveness and economic growth;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally soundrenewable 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 RES increased in a manner that is cost-efficient and without prejudice towhile safeguarding supply security;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Member States are currently acting independently in the promotion of RES, within administrative frameworks that differ widely, and that their potential for developing renewables is uneven on account of natural factorspotential for developing energy always is dependent on natural factors; believes however that most areas can make contributions to the deployment of renewable energy following the competitive advantages of every region;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that levels of public and political acceptance of renewable energy differ andrgy sources always differ and that consultations with local stakeholders is necessary whenever new energy sources are deployed; notes that the availability of public and private financing to promote RES varies widely; because of unclear policy objectives;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concernedNotes 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 available means must be used to bring the costs down and make RES economically competitive;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the prices of different energy sources play a major role in determining the behaviour of market actors, including industry and consumers, and notes that the inability of the current policy framework to fully internalise external costs, in combination with generous state subsidies to non-renewable energy sources, impedes the growth of renewable energy sources; calls for fossil fuels subsidies to be phased out and for all energy sources to carry their own environmental cost;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that those who will benefit most from completion of the internal energy market are the consumers; supports the Commission's view that emphasises that support schemes for renewable energy sources were first and foremost introduced on the grounds of incomplete market opening, incompletition needs to extend to renewables as well as other energy source internalisation of external costs of conventional generation and additionally because of the early stage of development of most renewable technologies; deplores the fact that fossil fuel and nuclear energy subsidies still prevail; supports the Commission's view that competition needs to extend to all energy sources across all Member States because it is the best stimulus to advances in innovation and price reductions;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES must be fully integrated into the European internal energy market in all the Member States without delay and that in the long term they mustRES are increasingly takeing on stabilising functions and tasks within the system that have previously been performed by conventional energy sources;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underscores the need for electricity storage solutions and demand side measures to facilitate the integration of RES into the energy supply; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storage and smart grids; emphasises the need for renewed attention to the role consumers can play in making the market work better through peak shaving and lowering their energy bills at the same time;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is convinced that ICT will in future play a more important role in energy provision, to make consumers more active in the market, and in the management of RES; calls on the Commission to bring forward without delay proposals for the development, promotion and standardisation of smart grids and meters; emphasises that important factors in this regard include not only planning certainty on the providers' side but also acceptance on the part of consumers, as well as data protection;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the further development of RES, similar to deployment of non-renewable energy sources, 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, in which all the stakeholders are involved;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Considers that attention should be paid to small-scale generation, in particular micro-generation, which entails electrical and heat generation technologies that can be installed and used in individual households, such as solar panels, small wind turbines and micro CHP;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Underlines that research is key to the development and affordability of new and clean technologies; believes that the SET Plan can make important contributions towards making renewable technologies affordable and competitive;
Amendment 416 #
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 relatively 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 through general welfare policy and not energy policy and that industry's ability to compete must not be affected;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Warns that pitching support at too high a level has the effect of over-compensating and thus of slowing technological progress and impeding market integration because it reduces the incentive to develop more innovative and better-value products; thus favours cost efficient support schemes, that are responsive to market signals.
Amendment 464 #
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; seesRecognises the 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 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls onAsks the Ccommission to bring forward, without delay, a proposal for a European support system in which a marketnot to present proposals on a EU wide support system for renewable- energy certificates will make for EU-wide competition among the various technologies;; believes that future policies should build on those support mechanisms which have proven their effectiveness in meeting the renewable energy targets and asks the commission to assist member states in improving national systems already in place,