4 Amendments of Sabine WILS related to 2011/2034(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that substantial investments need to be made in energy infrastructure in order to achieve our goal for a low carbon economy by 2050; notes that not making these investments would result in much higher costs in terms of environmental deterioration, rising energy prices, increased energy insecurity and dependency, as well as a decrease in employment and welfare. These investments cshould come from both private and public sources, whereas revenues from a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), a green/carbon taxcombined primary energy/CO2 tax on energy inputs, including nuclear energy, and from the auctioning of allowances of the revised ETS could be used to bridge the funding gap and to boost investments, for instance to adapt our energy grids to the requirements of renewable energies;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to modernise their national energy grids and interconnect them with a European super smart grid while providing major energy storage capacities within the EU and a stable and secure flow of affordable energy; furthermore stresses the need for all grids to be adapted, in a way that allows for unhindered feed-in of electricity generated by renewable energy as well asnd for the full use of opportunities for the best possible environmental outcomes in the routeing of power lines, and the need to modernise the grids in order to avoid losses of energy; stresses also the need to take further action to connect isolated territories (e.g. islands and peripheral regions) to the European electricity grid;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Concurs with the Commission that the blue print methodology will turn into reality the priority projects through faster and more transparent permit granting procedures, while at the same time calls on the Commission and the Member States to adapt accordinglyensure more effective, efficient and transparent the Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment procedures; moreover, stresses the need to increase public participation in the decision-making process which can improve public trust and acceptance of the installations.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Concurs with the Commission that the blue print methodology will turn into reality the priority projects through faster and more transparent permit granting procedures, while at the same time calls on the Commission and the Member States to adapt accordingly the Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment procedures; moreover, stresses the need to increase public participation in the decision-making process which can improve public trust and acceptance of the installationand clarify the early provision of public information, participation by local people in the decision-making process and citizens’ right of appeal against local authority decisions, which can improve public trust and acceptance of the installations; to that end draws attention to the usefulness of online publication of plans with access for all interested parties.