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9 Amendments of Laurence J.A.J. STASSEN related to 2012/2259(INI)

Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the share in Europe’s energy mix accounted for by renewable energy sources (RES) is growing in the short, medium and long term;deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
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 environment – is to promote the development of new and renewable energy sourcessubsidies for renewable energy sources have a distortive effect on the market and are uneconomical;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally sound 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 to supply security energy provision should not be dependent on weather conditions;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned 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;deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES must be fully inReitegrated into the European internal energy market in all the Member Sts that under the Treaties without delay and that in the long term they must take on stabilising functions and tasks within the system that have previously been performed by conventional energy sourthe choice of energy mix is a Member State competences;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the further development of RES 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 involveddamage to the landscape and landscape experiences in Europe;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement that it will issue a communication on energy technology policy in 2013; calls on the Commission to include a focus on storage technologies;deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. WelcomStresses the Commission’s declared intention to draw up guidelines on good practice and the reform of national support arrangements; calls on the Commission to produce the guidelines as soon as possible but is convinced that good-practice guidelines are only a first step aimportance of a realistic view of renewable energy sources; notes that wind turbine blades are made from a combination of polyester and polyurethane which are difficult to recycle after use; notes that a wind turbine blade only has a lifetime of fifteen to twenty years and that the waste processing of old blades is burdensome; finds that efforts need to be directed at winding down the national support systems, although they must not be retrospectively amended or cancelled because that woulerefore that the construction of wind turbines not only has negative consequences for the environment but also fails to achieve the intended send out disastrous signals to investorvironmental objectives;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to bring forward, without delay, a proposal for a European support system in which a market for renewable-energy certificates will make for EU-wide competition among the various technologies;deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE