Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ITRE | BUZEK Jerzy ( PPE-DE) | |
Committee Opinion | ENVI | AYALA SENDER Inés ( PSE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
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RoP 54Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 596 votes to 85, with 14 abstentions, a resolution on the European strategic energy technology plan (SET-Plan), in response to the Commission’s communication on the subject. The own initiative report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Jerzy BUZEK (EPP-ED, PL) on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy .
MEPs welcome the European Strategic Energy Technology plan and consider that a European energy technology policy with adequate financial support is fundamental to achieving the European Union's energy and climate change objectives for 2020. They believe that the development and deployment of innovative, low-cost, low-carbon energy technologies, energy efficiency and renewable energy are essential to reducing emissions and creating new markets for EU industry. The Parliament considers that in order to achieve these targets it is vital to reduce the cost of green energy and to boost innovation in the energy sector. To that end, it recommends improving the process of technology transfer from research centres to enterprises, cutting market penetration times, ending the current technological and regulatory inertia and enhancing network interconnectivity.
Coordination and Strategic Planning : the resolution emphasises the need to enhance the coordination of Strategic Energy Technologies at various levels and among different partners. MEPs support the establishment of a High Level Steering Group and a transparent and easily accessible information system on energy technology, especially for SMEs. They also emphasise the vital importance of improving coordination with third countries, and reinforcing international cooperation in order to implement a coherent and differentiated strategy in relation to developed, developing and emerging economies .
Research and technology transfer : MEPs reiterate that the SET plan must build energy research and innovation capacity on a European scale. Coordination must extend to the various scientific and technological fields that play a part in energy technology research and development, particularly biology, information technology, materials science and macro-technologies. The resolution emphasises the need to improve the transfer of technologies from research centres to enterprises so that the private sector invests more in research and assumes greater risks.
European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) : MEPs believe that increased support is needed for low carbon technologies in the demonstration and commercialisation phase. Therefore, they welcome the proposed EIIs. The EIIs should be focussed on areas which have the greatest potential to help achieve the EU's climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy objectives on a sustainable basis, as well as allowing reduced costs and replication in the long term.
The resolution strongly supports the proposed EIIs on wind, solar, bio-energy, CO2 capture, transport and storage, electricity grids and nuclear fission. In particular, MEPs call for biofuels research to be intensified and stress the importance of developing large-scale biomass to gas conversion to produce hydrogen and liquid synthetic fuels for sustainable transport technologies. The Commission is called to investigate the possibility of extending the EIIs proposed to other sectors with significant emissions reduction potential such as cogeneration, hydrogen, the construction and housing sector, heating and cooling systems, better energy storage and distribution infrastructures and interconnection of networks.
MEPs believe that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, provided its efficiency and safety is assured. They call on the Commission to facilitate the realisation of up to 12 proposed CCS full-scale demonstration projects within the EIIs.
Financing : the resolution points out that the SET plan should not be financed through the reallocation of funds made available for energy under FP7 and CIP. MEPs encourage the Commission to ensure adequate financing and support for new low carbon and zero carbon technology R&D, demonstration and commercialisation, so that from 2009 onwards, at least EUR 2 billion per annum of the EU budget is spent on support for such technologies independently from FP7 and CIP. The Commission is called to put forward proposals for additional resources in the mid-term review of the financial framework 2007-2013.
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted an own-initiative report by Jerzy BUZEK (EPP-ED, PL) on the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, in response to the Commission’s Communication on the subject.
MEPs welcome the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan. They consider that a European energy technology policy with adequate financial support is fundamental to achieving the EU's energy and climate change objectives for 2020. They believe that the development and deployment of innovative, low-cost, low-carbon energy technologies, energy efficiency and renewable energy are essential to reducing emissions and creating new markets for EU industry.
The parliamentary committee considers that in order to achieve these targets it is vital to reduce the cost of green energy and to boost innovation in the energy sector. To that end, they recommend improving the process of technology transfer from research centres to enterprises, cutting market penetration times, ending the current technological and regulatory inertia and enhancing network interconnectivity.
Coordination and Strategic Planning : the report emphasises the need to enhance the coordination of Strategic Energy Technologies at various levels and among different partners. It supports the establishment of a High Level Steering Group and a transparent and easily accessible information system on energy technology, especially for SMEs. MEPs also emphasise the vital importance of improving coordination with third countries, particularly emerging economies.
Research and technology transfer : MEPs reiterate that the SET plan must build energy research and innovation capacity on a European scale. Coordination must extend to the various scientific and technological fields that play a part in energy technology research and development, particularly biology, information technology, materials science and macro-technologies. The report emphasises the need to improve the transfer of technologies from research centres to enterprises so that the private sector invests more in research and assumes greater risks.
European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) : MEPs believe that increased support is needed for low carbon technologies in the demonstration and commercialisation phase. Therefore, they welcome the proposed EIIs. The EIIs should be focussed on areas which have the greatest potential to help achieve the EU's climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy objectives on a sustainable basis, as well as allowing reduced costs and replication in the long term.
The parliamentary committee calls for biofuels research to be intensified and notes the importance of developing large scale biomass to gas conversion to produce hydrogen and liquid synthetic fuels for sustainable transport technologies. The Commission is called to investigate the possibility of extending the proposed EIIs to other sectors with significant emissions reduction potential such as cogeneration, hydrogen, the construction and housing sector, heating and cooling systems, better energy storage and distribution infrastructures and interconnection of networks.
MEPs believe that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, provided its efficiency and safety is assured. They call on the Commission to facilitate the realisation of up to 12 proposed CCS full-scale demonstration projects within the EIIs.
Financing : the report points out that the SET plan should not be financed through the reallocation of funds made available for energy under FP7 and CIP. MEPs encourage the Commission to ensure adequate financing and support for new low carbon and zero carbon technology R&D, demonstration and commercialisation, so that from 2009 onwards, at least EUR 2 billion per annum of the EU budget is spent on support for such technologies independently from FP7 and CIP. The Commission is called to put forward proposals for additional resources in the mid-term review of the financial framework 2007-2013.
The Council adopted Conclusions in which it welcomes the presentation of the Communication "A European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan)" by the Commission, in response to an invitation by the Spring 2007 European Council.
The Council notes that a European Energy Technology policy is an essential element for the achievement of the European Union's ambitious energy and climate goals for 2020. This policy should increase synergies at Community level and should take into account existing cooperation structures in energy technology Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment (RDD&D).
This policy requires increased and sustained funding, for RDD&D on clean, sustainable and efficient energy technologies including "market pull" measures in areas where the incentives for the private sector are not sufficient. The full engagement of the private sector is essential. Therefore, industry, investors, innovators and researchers must be provided with a stable and predictable policy framework which gives clear signals, regulatory certainty and transparency and concrete commitments, at European as well as national level, so as to allow them to plan and decide in the medium- and long-term.
The Council therefore suggests the following goals and actions:
1. to set up the six priority Industrial Initiatives as proposed by the Commission, and launch each one of them as soon as possible. These initiatives should be of a voluntary nature, and can take the form of public-private partnerships or of joint programming by groups of interested Member States. Proposals for these initiatives should demonstrate their cost-effectiveness and added value. The Commission is encouraged to continue to examine areas with great potential such as marine energy, energy storage and energy efficiency;
2. to further increase efforts on energy efficiency by supporting and stimulating RDD&D on end-use technologies;
3. to set up by the summer of 2008 a group of high level government representatives from each Member State (the "High Level Steering Group"), which convenes in order to exchange information and propose options for an optimisation of overall energy RDD&D efforts;
4. to establish a structured dialogue between research centres leading to a European Energy Research Alliance; to search for ways and means to include other stakeholders, for example by means of a European Energy Technology Summit;
5. to aim for substantial increases in European, and when appropriate, national funding for energy RDD&D
6. to improve and enlarge the Community's world-class knowledge base of energy researchers and research institutes ("capacity building"), including by reducing barriers to mobility, attracting world-class human capital and improving science education;
7. to develop, where appropriate, covenants between government, industry and researchers for different types of energy-producing and energy-saving technologies, in support of the objectives of the SET-Plan;
8. to make policies and measures, including Community programmes in all relevant areas such as research, state aid, agriculture, transport and public procurement, supportive of the achievement of the energy and climate change goals agreed by the Spring 2007 European Council;
9. to further promote international cooperation on RD&D on clean energy technologies, by developing differentiated strategies and building upon ongoing cooperation with third countries, where mutual interest and benefits exist.
In this context, the Commission is invited to:
· in 2008, start work on the above agreed goals, in close consultation and cooperation with Member States and other relevant actors, including by preparing a Communication on financing low carbon technologies, and by engaging in planning and preparatory steps for the transition to low carbon energy networks and systems;
· review the Strategic Energy Technology Plan at regular intervals, and to establish as a matter of priority an open-access European energy technology information and knowledge management system;
· implement, where appropriate, the relevant Community Programmes in support of the goals of the SET Plan, respecting fully their respective legal bases.
The Council held an exchange of views on the strategic energy technologies action plan (SET-plan). The exchange of views, based on a questionnaire drawn up by the presidency, focussed on energy-related research as well as on the impact of the plan on the competitiveness of European industry.
The debate revealed a broad consensus on the importance of the SET-plan in order for the EU to be a leading actor in this area and on the new opportunities that it might represent for European companies. Research in this field could also significantly contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Conclusions on the SET-plan will be adopted at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting on 28 February, with a view to providing input for the Spring European Council.
The conclusions are based on a Commission communication presented last year in response to a request from the 2007 Spring European Council, where it was recognised that there was a need to step up energy research, in particular to boost the competitiveness of sustainable energies, notably renewables, and low carbon technologies and to pursue the further development of energy efficient technologies.
PURPOSE: to present a European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan).
BACKGROUND: The inter-related challenges of climate change, security of energy supply and competitiveness are multifaceted and require a coordinated response. A wide range of policies and measures are being developed to combat these challenges: i) binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% and ensure 20% of renewable energy sources in the EU energy mix by 2020; ii) a plan to reduce EU global primary energy use by 20% by 2020; iii) carbon pricing through the Emissions Trading Scheme and energy taxation; iv) a competitive Internal Energy Market; v) and an international energy policy. Now we need a dedicated policy to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies.
Harnessing technology is vital to achieve the Energy Policy for Europe objectives adopted by the European Council on 9 March 2007. To meet the targets, we need to lower the cost of clean energy and put EU industry at the forefront of the rapidly growing low carbon technology sector. In the longer term, new generations of technologies have to be developed through breakthroughs in research if we are to meet the greater ambition of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 60-80% by 2050.
Current trends and their projections into the future show that we are not on a pathway to meet our energy policy objectives. The energy innovation process, from initial conception to market penetration, suffers from unique structural weaknesses. There is neither a natural market appetite nor a short-term business benefit for such technologies. In addition, public energy research budgets in the EU have declined substantially since the 1980s.
It is evident that many of the technological challenges that can be addressed by an EU energy policy are beyond the reach of the instruments and models of cooperation that are currently being used. Bearing this in mind, the Commission proposes a new approach based more on the development of joint programmes, and making use of the full potential of the European Research and Innovation Area and the Internal Market.
CONTENT: the SET-Plan proposes to deliver: i) a new joint strategic planning; ii) a more effective implementation; iii) an increase in resources; iv) and a new and reinforced approach to international cooperation.
Joint Strategic Planning: To steer the implementation of the SET-Plan, reinforcing the coherence between national, European and international efforts, the Commission will, in early 2008, establish a Steering Group on Strategic Energy Technologies. The mandate of the group will be to conceive joint actions, through coordinating policies and programmes, make resources available and monitor and review progress in a systematic manner, in order to reach common objectives. The Commission will also introduce an information system aimed at establishing a precise overview of energy technologies throughout Europe.
Collaboration at Community level: The Commission proposes to launch new priority initiatives, starting in 2008, in the following areas: i) European Wind; ii) Solar Europe; iii) Bio-energy Europe; iv) European CO2 capture, transport and storage; v) European electricity grid; vi) and Sustainable nuclear fission initiatives. The Commission proposes to create a European Energy Research Alliance and to initiate, in 2008, an action on European energy infrastructure networks and systems transition planning.
Resources: In order to address the need to increase investment, the Commission intends to present a Communication on financing low carbon technologies at the end of 2008. This Communication will examine, in particular, the opportunity of creating a new European mechanism/fund for the industrial-scale demonstration and market replication of advanced low carbon technologies and will consider the costs and benefits of tax incentives for innovation. The Commission will use the Marie Curie Actions of the Research Framework Programme to boost the training of researchers in the energy field. Member States' own actions to increase the human resource base should also be better coordinated.
International Cooperation: International cooperation, for example on research or the setting of international standards, is vital to stimulate the global development, commercialisation and deployment of, and access to, low carbon technologies. The measures proposed in the SET-Plan should bring about a reinforced international cooperation strategy. It is also important to ensure that the EU increasingly speaks with one voice in international fora, to achieve a more coherent and stronger partnership effect.
Moving forward: the Commission calls on the Council and Parliament to: 1) reaffirm that energy technology forms a fundamental pillar of Europe’s Energy and Climate Change policies, and is vital to achieve decarbonisation targets; 2) endorse a Community objective to jointly and strategically plan energy research and innovation efforts in alignment with EU energy policy goals; 3) confirm that a better and more effective implementation of current energy research and innovation efforts is fundamental; 4) confirm that a better use of and overall increase in resources, both financial and human, are needed to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies of the future; 5) welcome the Commission's intentions to prepare in 2008 a Communication on financing low carbon technologies; and 6) agree on the need to reinforce international cooperation.
PURPOSE: to present a European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan).
BACKGROUND: The inter-related challenges of climate change, security of energy supply and competitiveness are multifaceted and require a coordinated response. A wide range of policies and measures are being developed to combat these challenges: i) binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% and ensure 20% of renewable energy sources in the EU energy mix by 2020; ii) a plan to reduce EU global primary energy use by 20% by 2020; iii) carbon pricing through the Emissions Trading Scheme and energy taxation; iv) a competitive Internal Energy Market; v) and an international energy policy. Now we need a dedicated policy to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies.
Harnessing technology is vital to achieve the Energy Policy for Europe objectives adopted by the European Council on 9 March 2007. To meet the targets, we need to lower the cost of clean energy and put EU industry at the forefront of the rapidly growing low carbon technology sector. In the longer term, new generations of technologies have to be developed through breakthroughs in research if we are to meet the greater ambition of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 60-80% by 2050.
Current trends and their projections into the future show that we are not on a pathway to meet our energy policy objectives. The energy innovation process, from initial conception to market penetration, suffers from unique structural weaknesses. There is neither a natural market appetite nor a short-term business benefit for such technologies. In addition, public energy research budgets in the EU have declined substantially since the 1980s.
It is evident that many of the technological challenges that can be addressed by an EU energy policy are beyond the reach of the instruments and models of cooperation that are currently being used. Bearing this in mind, the Commission proposes a new approach based more on the development of joint programmes, and making use of the full potential of the European Research and Innovation Area and the Internal Market.
CONTENT: the SET-Plan proposes to deliver: i) a new joint strategic planning; ii) a more effective implementation; iii) an increase in resources; iv) and a new and reinforced approach to international cooperation.
Joint Strategic Planning: To steer the implementation of the SET-Plan, reinforcing the coherence between national, European and international efforts, the Commission will, in early 2008, establish a Steering Group on Strategic Energy Technologies. The mandate of the group will be to conceive joint actions, through coordinating policies and programmes, make resources available and monitor and review progress in a systematic manner, in order to reach common objectives. The Commission will also introduce an information system aimed at establishing a precise overview of energy technologies throughout Europe.
Collaboration at Community level: The Commission proposes to launch new priority initiatives, starting in 2008, in the following areas: i) European Wind; ii) Solar Europe; iii) Bio-energy Europe; iv) European CO2 capture, transport and storage; v) European electricity grid; vi) and Sustainable nuclear fission initiatives. The Commission proposes to create a European Energy Research Alliance and to initiate, in 2008, an action on European energy infrastructure networks and systems transition planning.
Resources: In order to address the need to increase investment, the Commission intends to present a Communication on financing low carbon technologies at the end of 2008. This Communication will examine, in particular, the opportunity of creating a new European mechanism/fund for the industrial-scale demonstration and market replication of advanced low carbon technologies and will consider the costs and benefits of tax incentives for innovation. The Commission will use the Marie Curie Actions of the Research Framework Programme to boost the training of researchers in the energy field. Member States' own actions to increase the human resource base should also be better coordinated.
International Cooperation: International cooperation, for example on research or the setting of international standards, is vital to stimulate the global development, commercialisation and deployment of, and access to, low carbon technologies. The measures proposed in the SET-Plan should bring about a reinforced international cooperation strategy. It is also important to ensure that the EU increasingly speaks with one voice in international fora, to achieve a more coherent and stronger partnership effect.
Moving forward: the Commission calls on the Council and Parliament to: 1) reaffirm that energy technology forms a fundamental pillar of Europe’s Energy and Climate Change policies, and is vital to achieve decarbonisation targets; 2) endorse a Community objective to jointly and strategically plan energy research and innovation efforts in alignment with EU energy policy goals; 3) confirm that a better and more effective implementation of current energy research and innovation efforts is fundamental; 4) confirm that a better use of and overall increase in resources, both financial and human, are needed to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies of the future; 5) welcome the Commission's intentions to prepare in 2008 a Communication on financing low carbon technologies; and 6) agree on the need to reinforce international cooperation.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)5307
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)4891
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T6-0354/2008
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0255/2008
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A6-0255/2008
- Committee opinion: PE405.868
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE405.769
- Committee draft report: PE404.506
- Debate in Council: 2852
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2007)0723
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1508
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1509
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1510
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1511
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2007)0723
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2007)0723 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1508 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1509 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2007)1510 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SEC(2007)1511
- Committee draft report: PE404.506
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE405.769
- Committee opinion: PE405.868
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0255/2008
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)4891
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)5307
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Rapport Buzek A6-0255/2008 - résolution #
Amendments | Dossier |
86 |
2008/2005(INI)
2008/05/08
ITRE
69 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the Commission staff working document entitled "The support of electricity from renewable energy sources" (SEC(2008)0057),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) allocates only EUR 2,3 billion over the seven-year programming period to the non-nuclear energy research,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas private sector investment in research on energy technologies is very limited in the European Union in comparison to the efforts being made by our competitors, and even by other European industries,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the Euratom part of the FP7 will grant approximately EUR 4.1 billion to nuclear energy over the period 2007- 2013, EUR 2.9 billion of which may finance the sole construction of ITER and fusion research,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas public and private energy research budgets in the EU have declined substantially since the 1980s, and Europe performs poorly when innovation indicators based on technology research spending levels are compared at international level,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas public intervention in support of new, less-polluting energy technologies is necessary and justified since these are initially more costly than those they replace and, at the initial market penetration stage, may therefore not bring with them either short-term trading profits or better prices for consumers,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan; considers that a European energy technology policy with adequate financial support is fundamental to achieving the EU's energy and climate change objectives for 2020;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU must deliver its greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy targets whilst maintaining a competitive economy; believes that the development and deployment of low-cost, low-carbon energy technologies is needed to reduce the cost of cutting emissions and create new markets for EU industry;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU must deliver its greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy targets whilst maintaining a competitive and sustainable economy; believes that the development of low-cost, low-carbon and zero-carbon energy technologies is needed to reduce the cost of cutting emissions and create new markets for EU industry;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU must deliver its greenhouse gas reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy targets whilst maintaining a competitive economy; believes that boosting energy efficiency and the development of low-cost, renewable and low
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) – having regard to the Commission Communication entitled "Economic reforms and competitiveness: key messages from the European Competitiveness Report 2006"(COM(2006)(0697),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU must deliver its greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy targets whilst maintaining a competitive economy; believes that the development of
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that in order to achieve those targets it is vital to reduce the cost of green energy and to boost innovation in the energy sector; this makes it necessary to improve the process of technology transfer from research centres to enterprises, cut market penetration times, end the current technological and regulatory inertia and enhance network interconnectivity;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Believes that new technologies, especially renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, are also needed to facilitate the diversification of energy sources, reduce energy demand and provide less polluting and safer methods of using indigenous resources, in aid of security of energy supply; calls on the Commission to undertake an assessment of the EU's energy resources;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that the SET Plan should support activities which
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that the SET Plan should s
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Believes that cheaper, more effective
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Believes that cheaper, more effective
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Believes that cheaper, more effective
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to enhance the coordination of Strategic Energy Technologies at various levels and among different partners; also stresses the need to avoid excessive bureaucracy
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Emphasises that coordinated cooperation with the Member States is vital in order to achieve the targets set, maximise benefits and reduce costs; believes that national-level Community instruments, such as the Structural Funds, can bolster research, development and innovation capacities in those areas;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the capacity of the EU research base needs to be enlarged and that further education and training is essential to provide the quantity and quality of human resources required to take full advantage of the new technology opportunities opening up; believes that an integrated approach across the FP7 Specific Programmes could be beneficial in this regard;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Draws attention to the potential risk of duplication and multiplication of new initiatives; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Draws attention to the potential risk of duplication and multiplication of new initiatives; calls on the Commission to consider how the new European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) will fit with existing programmes, including FP7 and more specifically the Joint Technology Initiatives decided upon under FP7, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Draws attention to the potential risk of duplication and multiplication of new
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Reminds that the SET-plan needs to build energy research and innovation capacity on a European scale; agrees with the Commission that pan-European research infrastructures form part of the solution; asks therefore the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) to identify the need for European research infrastructures in the field of innovative energy technologies, such as renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Believes that the trans-European energy networks and simplified authorisation procedures in this sector play a fundamental role in the EU's strategic energy policy;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) Research and technology transfer 10a. Stresses that the necessary coordination has to extend to the various scientific and technological fields which, owing to their multidisciplinary nature, play a part in energy technology research and development; emphasises, in this respect, the need to boost research in basic sciences such as biology, information technology, materials science and macro-technologies;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Emphasises the need to improve the transfer of technologies from research centres to enterprises; urges that the new European Institute of Innovation and Technology should play a role in this field;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Urges that the private sector should invest more in research and assume greater risks, with these being prerequisites for the EU becoming a frontrunner in this sector;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Strongly believes that increased support is urgently needed for low carbon technologies in the demonstration and commercialisation phase; therefore welcomes, the proposed EIIs; stresses, however, the need to also increase support for R&D in technologies that will be needed over the longer term, with particular emphasis on strategically important technologies such as solar energy technologies that can lead to an energy-independent Europe in the long term;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas successive announcements by Parliament, the Council and Commission have stressed that the objectives of European energy and climate policy are tackling climate change, improving energy security and en
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Strongly believes that increased support is urgently needed for
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Strongly believes that increased support is
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that the EIIs should be focussed on areas which have the greatest potential to help achieve the EU's climate change and renewable energy objectives
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that the EIIs should be focussed on areas which have the greatest potential to help achieve the EU's climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy objectives for 2020 and for reduced costs and replication in the long term;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Takes the view that the European motor industry should be encouraged to speed up the development and production not only of cleaner internal combustion engines, but also of electric cars;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Strongly supports the proposed EIIs
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls, in particular, for biofuels research to be intensified so as to ensure that the overall environmental impact of producing such fuels is unequivocally beneficial;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses that the EII on nuclear fission should enable continuity and include the R&D work on 3rd and 4th generation technologies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas research and technological development are key to achieving the objectives of European energy policy,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will be
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes the importance of
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes the importance of low and zero carbon transport technologies; calls on the Commission to assess and enhance support for such technologies;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Awaits the Commission's proposed Communication on financing for new low carbon and CCS technologies; regrets that this Communication was not published alongside the SET Plan;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls the Member States to integrate the energy efficiency policy as a priority to be considered in the allocation and use of their structural funds;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Reminds that FP7 and CIP funding of SET initiatives does not support their construction; equally reminds that structural and cohesion funds, in respect of its Strategic Guidelines and overall EU Lisbon targets, have tagged up till now 10.4 billion Euro (equalling 20% of the total FP7 budget) for investments in R&D infrastructure and centres of competence in a specific technology; underlines that regional policy funding has already triggered in the period 2000-2006 and additional 73% of national and regional co-financing;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the threat posed by climate change continues to grow and the COP14 talks at Poznan and COP15 talks at Copenhagen will be of critical importance to achieving an international agreement
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Supports in the light of the need for more complementarity between the EU funds, the proposals in the Communication from the Commission 'Competitive European regions through regions and innovation'; welcomes for that matter the Commission's practical guide in coordinating EU funds from regional, national, EU and EIB sources in the field of R&D and innovation; agrees with the Commission to communicate better to stakeholders Article 54(5) of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 on the use of funding from two different Community sources for the same set of eligible costs;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Believes that, given the priority attached to climate change and energy issues, significant additional EU resources for
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Believes that, given the priority attached to climate change and energy issues, significant additional EU resources for a low carbon
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Believes that, given the priority attached to climate change and energy issues, significant additional EU resources for low carbon technologies are needed and should be deployed
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Encourages the Commission to urgently
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Encourages the Commission to urgently ensure adequate financing and support for new low carbon and zero carbon technology R&D, demonstration and commercialisation, so that from 2009 onwards, at least EUR 2 billion per annum of the EU budget is spent on support for such technologies independently from FP7 and CIP, also calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for additional resources in the mid-term review of the financial framework 2007-2013;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that, under the proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), auction revenues
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that, under the proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), auction revenues will provide a significant source of funding for new low carbon technologies; believes that a portion of these revenues should be used to set up a new European fund for research into low carbon technologies; notes that the Research Fund for Coal and Steel created from the assets of the European Coal and Steel Community provides a useful model in this respect; believes that businesses affected by the ETS should be involved in deciding how this funding is utilised;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that, under the proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), auction revenues
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that, under the proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), auction revenues will provide a significant source of funding for new low carbon and zero carbon technologies; believes that businesses affected by the ETS should be involved in deciding how this funding is utilised;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the Commission has estimated that it will be costing EU EUR 70 billion per annum by 2020 to achieve the EU's greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy targets, which is equivalent to the windfall profits of the electricity generators in just five Member States, i.e. UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) allocates only EUR 2,3 billion over the seven-year programming period to non-nuclear energy research,
source: PE-405.769
2008/05/15
ENVI
17 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. Whereas, by the middle of the 21st century, we will experience a fundamental change in our approach to energy, its availability and how it is used; whereas if this change is to be effected successfully at a socially acceptable cost, dedicated research
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for enhanced technology transfer with the developed countries and for the establishment of scientific cooperation with those countries for the development of new energy technologies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that financing for research for renewable and efficiency technologies must be at least double compared to financing for other non-renewable energy sources;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Asks the Commission to investigate the possibility of extending the industrial initiatives proposed to other sectors with significant emissions reduction potential such as cogeneration, hydrogen, the construction and housing sector, heating and cooling systems, better energy storage and distribution infrastructures and interconnection of networks;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Supports the establishment of a High Level Steering Group and a transparent and easily accessible information system on energy technology, especially for SMEs, and asks the Commission to keep Parliament informed about the establishment of this group and its work and about the information strategy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Asks the Commission to take into consideration, when developing EIIs, the risks posed by the use of certain technologies in terms of environmental pollution and public health, specifically with regard to possible particulate emissions, carbon leakage and nuclear waste disposal; calls for the social partners to be taken into consideration when it comes to the social acceptance of new energy technologies;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises the need to increase EU research capacity; calls therefore for more funding for human resources and training in the energy technology sector; calls for greater coordination between Community and national financial instruments to support training and research, in particular the Seventh Framework Programme;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Asks the Commission to take into consideration the potential for employment of energy technologies in the new Member States and to introduce supporting mechanisms based on the EU policies;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Supports the need to reinforce international cooperation in order to implement a coherent and differentiated strategy in relation to developed, developing and emerging economies;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas energy technology forms a fundamental pillar of Europe’s Energy and Climate Change policies and contributes to the establishment of a common market in energy,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas better synergy in future European energy technology research can only stimulate sustainable economic growth, contribute to the comparative advantages of the European economy, improve employment and thus help achieve the objectives of the Lisbon strategy and combat climate change,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Draws attention to the challenges involved in bringing new energy technologies to the market and the need for public support for energy innovation; still considers however that the use of short-term support measures which both distort competition among operators on the energy market and increase the price of energy unnecessarily should be avoided;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the establishment of European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs), but regrets that the Commission has set no clear priorities between these; eagerly awaits the Commission Communication on financing the SET Plan, and asks the Commission to ensure that this Communication is clearly focussed on guaranteeing adequate financing, forming an integral part of the discussions to review the financing of European policies, including a share of income from emission allowances;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it necessary to create a hierarchy between EIIs,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for legally binding targets to be avoided which are not based on sufficiently long-term research into their genuine impact on climate;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for the life cycle of each technology and its environmental impact at each stage of the production processes to be taken into account when prioritising EIIs; calls for the possibility of transferring these technologies to developing economies to be taken into consideration in order to reduce the technology gap with these countries;
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