Activites

• 1998/06/01 Final act published in Official Journal
• 1998/05/15 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0307/1998 summary

    In adopting the report by Mrs María ESTEVAN BOLEA (EPP, E) on the Commission communication on a Community strategy to promote combined heat and power (CHP) Parliament wished to see the proportion of CHP in the Commission's strategy increased from the current 18% to at least 25%. It suggested that the Commission and above all the Member States should introduce administrative and economic measures to boost the combined production of power and heat to supply hot water and heating for domestic purposes. Considering that CHP contributed significantly to reducing the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere by making more efficient use of energy, Parliament considered that the development of these new forms of energy production would constitute the most positive contribution to reducing the greenhouse effect. Parliament also stressed that the electricity market operators must accept as a priority the excess power not consumed by the cogenerator, with auto-producers competing on the market. Parliament also called for: - the granting through the structural funds of aid to Objective 1 regions with a view to increasing energy efficiency, in particular for cogeneration facilities and renewable energies; - cooperation funds granted to third countries in the area of energy to be concentrated on the financing of cogeneration facilities; - electricity system operators as a matter of priority, to accept electricity produced in seawater desalination plants using combined electricity and steam cogeneration cycles thus ensuring that cogenerators producing both electricity and steam at prices determined by competition on the electricity market. �

• #2092
• 1998/05/11 Council Meeting
  • 2092
• 1998/04/22 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0145/1998
• #2058
• 1997/12/08 Council Meeting
• 1997/11/21 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1997/10/15 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(1997)0514 summary

    OBJECTIVE: The Commission's communication calls on the 15 to adopt a Community strategy to promote combined heat and power (CHP) for economic and environmental reasons. SUBSTANCE: In its document, the Commission indicates that CHP offers considerable economic and environmental advantages since it enables almost optimal use (90%) to be made of the energy content of fuels used to produce electricity (oil, gas, coal). The Commission indicates that, compared with a traditional system, it is possible to achieve an average reduction of 500 kg per MWh of energy produced in CO2 emissions. Penetration by CO2 in the EU energy market is currently 9%. The Commission hopes to double this figure by the year 2010. While observing that most of the efforts must come from the Member States in defining their own strategies and objectives in the development of CHP, the Commission takes the view that the Union has a supporting and coordinating role to play. It accordingly suggests the following lines of action: - greater participation in the various Community CHP funding programmes (Joule, Thermie, Save, Altener, Synergie, Phare, Tacis, Meda, etc.). Financing from the structural funds could also be envisaged. - negotiation of voluntary agreements concerning specific efficiency targets with those industrial sectors where there is a high potential of energy saving by using CHP. - measures to encourage the development of innovative and economic CHP schemes through technology procurement mechanisms to encourage the improvement of CHP technology. - information exchange and cooperation between Member States concerning experience obtained and improvement of existing practices. - monitoring of the impact of the liberalization of the European energy markets on CHP and district heating and proposal if necessary of appropriate measures to prevent negative effects. The Commission considers that energy taxes could enhance the competitiveness of CHP and advocate tax concessions for this purpose. It also advocates further support of CHP plants using biomass as input fuel. �

• #2009
• 1997/05/27 Council Meeting
  • 2009

Documents

• Debate in Council: 2009
• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(1997)0514
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A4-0145/1998
• Debate in Council: 2092
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0307/1998

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)