3 Amendments of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2013/2128(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, in this context, the opportunities for geographical (or territorial) changes to the energy grid for disadvantaged regions, which can develop from energy consumers into energy producers, obtaining high economic and competitive benefits while ensuring a secure energy supply; notes that this particularly offers opportunities to outermost and peripheral regions and islands;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States and the regions to invest as early as possible in local smart grids by using the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), including financial instruments to leverage private investment, taking into account the environmental, economic, social and territorial needs of the specific region, as there is no single solution for all regions; calls for a flexible approach at local level to reduce the barriers to combining measures for energy production, storage and efficiency, and to work with other sectors such as the information and communication technology (ICT) and transport sectors; points to the importance of reversible pump storage systems linked to the exploitation of renewables and geothermal energy in particular, especially in isolated island systems;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges that best practice be put to better use; points out that many European regions have pursued projects within the existing EU framework which have both fostered synergies in selected areas and promoted energy sustainability and renewables, as has been done in the ‘MaRes’ project (Macaronesia Research Strategy) and the ‘Green Islands project’;