13 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2021/0218(COD)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The Union’s renewable energy policy aims to contribute to achieving the climate change mitigation objectives of the European Union in terms of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the pursuit of this goal, it is essential to also contribute to wider environmental objectives, and in particular the prevention of biodiversity loss, which is negatively impacted by the indirect land use change associated to the production of certain high in direct land- use change risks biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. Contributing to these climate and environmental objectives constitutes a deep and longstanding intergenerational concern for Union citizens and the Union legislator. As a consequence, the changes in the way the transport target is calculated should not affect the limits established on how to account toward that target certain fuels produced from food and feed crops on the one hand and high indirect land-use change-risk fuels on the other hand. In addition, in order not to create an incentive to use biofuels and biogas produced from food and feed crops in transport, Member States should continue to be able to choose whether count them or not towards the transport target. If they do not count them, they may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target accordingly, assuming that food and feed crop-based biofuels save 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which corresponds to the typical values set out in an annex to this Directive for the greenhouse gas emission savings of the most relevant production pathways of food and feed crop-based biofuels as well as the minimum savings threshold applying to most installations producing such biofuelSustainable biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels that co-generate valuable protein for animal and human consumption, and are deforestation free, should be a building block of the decarbonisation of the transport, within reasonable limit preventing unwanted negative impacts on the availability of food and feed resources.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) From 31 December 2026, and without prejudice to the obligations in the first sub-paragraph, Member States shallmay only grant no support to the production of electricity from forest biomass in electricity-only-installations, unless such electricity meets at least one of the following conditions: on condition that the following three requirements are met: i) cogeneration is guaranteed and that this provides for the energy enhancement of at least 50% of the thermal energy generated by the process; ii) the woody biomass used in the plants comes in order of priority from agroforestry plantations with integrated agricultural production, perennial short rotation coppice planted on previously abandoned land, or forest waste from sustainable forest management on a territorial scale; iii) the plants have an electrical power not exceeding 10 MWe and are equipped with suitable filter systems for fine dust;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point ba (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point ba (new)
(ba) the conditions referred to in point b) above may be waived if at least one of the following conditions occurs: i) the electricity is produced in a region identified in a territorial just transition plan approved by the European Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund due to its reliance on solid fossil fuels, and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11); ii) the electricity is produced applying Biomass CO2 Capture and Storage and meets the requirements set in Article 29(11), second subparagraph.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1
Article 22 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable sources in the amount of energy sources used for final energy and non-energy purposes in the industry sector by an indicative average minimum annual increase of 1.1 percentage points by 2030.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that the contribution of renewable fuels of non- biological origin used for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be 50 % of the hydrogen used for final energy and non- energy purposes in industry by 2030. For the calculation of that percentage, the following rules shall apply:
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) For the calculation of the denominator, the energy content of hydrogen for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be taken into account, excluding hydrogen used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
‘For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, with a maximum of 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii – introductory part
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
(ii) the second, third and fourth subparagraph is replaced by the followingare deleted:
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex IX – part A
(a a) In part A, the following point (r) in inserted: (r) Intermediate and cover crops.