5 Amendments of Jens ROHDE related to 2013/2135(INI)
Amendment 673 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes the importance of aligning the pace of investments in energy infrastructure with investments in RES and other energy sources; emphasises the crucial role of energy transmission in the 2030 framework;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Stresses that European support plays a significant role in facilitating the building of cross-border energy transmission infrastructure across the EU; encourages the Commission and Member States to facilitate such cross- border investments through political and financial support, as well as discussions on incentives and regulatory regimes; highlights the need to support coherent and efficient permit granting regimes for infrastructure investments across Europe;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough capacity to meet demandflexible balancing in peak periods and in periodsof peak demand and of (political or technological) difficulties and that excess capacity or backup must therefore be ensured and maintainedproblems and that flexibility can be effectively provided by cross-border trading and interconnection, a more efficient use of existing excess-capacity and flexible power plant, and demand side management; points out the need for storage and more grid flexibility from the grid as a response to the intermittencevariability of some sources of RES; and in order to match variable supply with flexible demand;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Reminds the Commission that Parliament has called for legislation to require every Member State to produce a 2050 low-carbon strategy; believes that while such nationally-determined roadmaps shall not be legally binding they are essential in order to provide investors and officials with clarity regarding the long term direction of policy and the measures that will be necessary if the goals are to be realised; expects the Commission to propose how the burden will be shared between Member States to set a date for submission of such roadmaps for the purpose of review; calls on the Commission, in the case of any roadmaps that are deemed unrealistic and if the Member State is unwilling to provide appropriate clarification, to propose such additional measures as may be necessary to ensure that the Union's CO2 reduction objectives are credible;
Amendment 878 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Expects the Commission to propose legislation requiring each Member State to produce, within the context of their long term strategy and on the basis of a harmonised framework that shall be established by the Commission, a national action plan for the achievement by 2030 of CO2 emission reductions commensurate with the EU objective of securing an overall 40% domestic reduction; requires Member States to specify within such action plans their own national targets for improvements in energy efficiency and development of renewable energy; insists that the Commission assess such action plans for consistency with the achievement of the Union's internal energy market and calls on the Commission to make such provisions as may be necessary to ensure that the achievement of national targets shall be a legal requirement within Union law;