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European Parliament

2019-2024

{ITRE}Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

2020/2241(INI)

{11/12/2020}11.12.2020

AMENDMENTS

1 - 325

Draft report

Christophe Grudler

(PE658.868v01-00)

A European Strategy for Energy System Integration

(2020/2241(INI))

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Amendment1

Jakop G. Dalunde

{Greens/EFA}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 1


Amendment

—having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 194 thereof,

—having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 91, 172 and 194 thereof,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment2

Jakop G. Dalunde



Citation 3 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication of 16 February 2016 entitled ‘An EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling’ COM(2016) 51,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment3

Nicolás González Casares, Alicia Homs Ginel, Carlos Zorrinho, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Jens Geier, Robert Hajšel, Csaba Molnár, Adriana Maldonado López, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Josianne Cutajar, Niels Fuglsang


Citation 9 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication of 8 July 2020 entitled ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’(COM(2020)0301),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment4



Citation 15 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication of 19 November 2020 entitled “An EU Strategy to harness the potential of offshore renewable energy for a climate neutral future” (COM(2020)741 final),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment5



Citation 9 b (new)


Amendment

9 bhaving regard to the Commission communication of 17 September 2020 entitled ‘Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition - Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people’ (COM(2020)0562),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment6

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Valérie Hayer


Citation 15 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication of 19 November 2020 entitled 'an EU Strategy to harness the potential of offshore renewable energy for a climate-neutral future' (COM(2020)741),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment7

Jakop G. Dalunde



Citation 17 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Council conclusions of 11 December 2020 on a new EU climate target for 2030,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment8

Jakop G. Dalunde



Citation 24 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment9



Citation 26 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment10



Citation 23 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment11

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

{ECR}on behalf of the ECR Group

Pietro Fiocchi, Jessica Stegrud, Robert Roos, Rob Rooken


Citation 28 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the report of May 2019 of the IEA-OECD1a on Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System,

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1a Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System https://webstore.iea.org/download/direct/2779

Or. {EN}en

Amendment12

Jakop G. Dalunde



Citation 31 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to its resolution of 02 July 2020 on a comprehensive European approach to energy storage1a,

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1a Texts adopted, P9_TA (2020)0198.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment13

Jakop G. Dalunde



Citation 31 b (new)


Amendment

-having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on the revision of the guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure2a,

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2a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0199.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment14

Paolo Borchia

{ID}on behalf of the ID Group


Citation 33 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on a comprehensive European approach to energy storage,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment15

Sylvia Limmer


Recital A


Amendment

A.whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have endorsed the goal of a climate-neutral economy by 2050;

A.whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have endorsed the goal of a climate-neutral economy by 2050, even though this is uneconomical, technically impossible and does not make environmental sense;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment16

Jakop G. Dalunde



Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas the Union is committed to stepping up efforts to tackle climate change and to delivering on the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climat exchange following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the ‘Paris Agreement’) 3a on the basis of equity and best available science, taking its fair share of the global effort to limiting the global temperature increase to 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels;

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3a OJ L282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment17

Eleonora Evi, Ignazio Corrao


Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have endorsed the goal of a climate-neutral economy climate neutrality as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest; whereas the Union needs to take more ambitious measures to tackle the climate crisis, with a view to limiting the increase in global temperature to 1,5oC above pre-industrial levels;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment18

Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Marc Botenga, Manuel Bompard, Sira Rego


Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission are committed to the Paris Agreement and have endorsed the European Green Deal and the goal of achieving a fair transition leading to climate neutrality by 2050;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment19

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have endorsed the goal of a climate-neutral economy by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment20



Pietro Fiocchi, Jessica Stegrud


Recital A a (new)


Amendment

A a.whereas the objectives of a climate-neutral economy by 2050 should not lead to job destruction, price disruption, or a reduction of the competitiveness ofindustries in Europe;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment21

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Markus Pieper, Sara Skyttedal, Sven Schulze, Tomas Tobé, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Recital B


Amendment

B.whereas Parliament has endorsed the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030;

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Or. {EN}en

Amendment22





Recital B


Amendment


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Or. {EN}en

Amendment23

Sylvia Limmer


Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas Parliament has endorsed the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, even though a system based on renewable energy sources will not work economically, technically and environmentally in the foreseeable future;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment24

Paolo Borchia



Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas Parliament has voted by a majority of its Members the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, while co-legislators have decided for lower targets and further negotiations are foreseen;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment25

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Valérie Hayer


Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas the Commission has proposed a common greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objective of at least 55% by 2050, while the Parliament has endorsed the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment26



Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas Parliament has endorsed the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, which requires more ambitious targets for renewables;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment27

Jessica Stegrud, Rob Rooken, Robert Roos


Recital B a (new)


Amendment

B a.whereas any legislative initiative of the Commission, within the framework of the European Green Deal, should be preceded by a publicly available cost analysis as well as a long-term estimation of its effect on global CO2 emissions;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment28



Pietro Fiocchi


Recital B a (new)


Amendment

B a.whereas any legislative action taken by the Commission in the field of energy system integration and envisaged in the Communication should be preceded by a thorough and publicly available cost analysis study;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment29



Recital B a (new)


Amendment

B a.whereas achieving climate neutrality requires moving away from a system based largely on fossil fuels and accomplishing towards a highly energy-efficient climate-neutral and renewable-based system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment30



Recital B a (new)


Amendment

B a.whereas the 2020 State of the Energy Union report has shown that the energy demand is overall decreasing in the EU but is increasing in certain sectors, such as transport;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment31



Recital B b (new)


Amendment

B b.whereas 70% of the primary energy used in the EU came from fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal) in 20174b;

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4b Eurostat

Or. {EN}en

Amendment32



Recital B c (new)


Amendment

B c.whereas the International Energy Agency estimates that approximately one third of the global methane emissions come from the energy sector;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment33



Recital C


Amendment

C.whereas energy system integration means the coordinated planning and operation of all energy carriers and infrastructure connected to all final consumers;

C.whereas energy system integration means the coordinated planning and operation of the energy system ‘as a whole’, across multiple energy carriers and infrastructures connected, and all final consumers playing an active role with the objective of delivering zero-carbon, reliable, resource-efficient and secure energy services, at the least possible cost in line with the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment34



Pietro Fiocchi, Jessica Stegrud, Elżbieta Kruk, Evžen Tošenovský


Recital C


Amendment


C.whereas energy system integration means co-production, combined use, conversion, and substitution of different energy supply- and demand forms (i.e. electricity, heat, fuels) in a view of the system optimization that requires coordinated planning and operation of all energy carriers and infrastructure connected to all final consumers;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment35

Paolo Borchia



Recital C


Amendment


C.whereas energy system integration means the coordinated planning and operation of all types of energy, all energy carriers and infrastructure connected to all final consumers, also by taking into consideration the existing structures, their limits and potential;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment36



Recital C


Amendment


C.whereas energy system integration means the coordinated planning and operation of a largely renewable based energy system as a whole and infrastructure across multiple energy carriers, infrastructures, and consumption sectors;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment37

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Recital C a (new)


Amendment

C a.whereas the integration of energy systems can bring a response to many of the challenges stemming from energy transition, and particularly the challenge of decarbonisation, optimisation and balancing of the energy networks, guaranteeing security of supply, and maintaining the EU’s strategic autonomy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment38

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Recital C b (new)


Amendment

C b.whereas the twin green and digital transition of the energy networks will require unprecedented public and private investments in infrastructure modernisation and new infrastructure deployment when necessary, as well as investments in buildings renovation, and research and development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment39

Jakop G. Dalunde



Recital D


Amendment

D.whereas energy system integration can keep costs for European authorities and European citizens within realistic and acceptable limits;

D.whereas energy system integration is crucial to establish a cascading priority to first apply energy efficiency and savings, subsequently direct electrification and for those applications that cannot be abated by other means the use of sustainable, renewables based fuels as well as enhance used of heat and storage to foster further integration across sectors, thus supporting the energy transition and boosting citizen participation while keeping costs for European authorities and European citizens within affordable limits;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment40



Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas energy system integration can accelerate the transition towards a climate neutral economy while keeping the costs within acceptable limits, strengthening energy security, protecting health and the environment, and promoting growth, innovation and global industrial leadership;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment41

Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Marc Botenga, Manuel Bompard


Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas energy system integration can make efficient use of European authorities’ resources and contribute to achieving social and environmental objectives such as healthy indoor climate, tackling energy poverty and reaching climate neutrality and green job creation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment42





Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas a properly designed and implemented energy system should aim at improving the competitiveness of European industries on a global level and increase the accessibility and affordability of energy for citizens while keeping the costs of transformation in check;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment43



Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas energy system integration can reduce costs for European authorities and European citizens, while ensuring an effective and deep decarbonisation of the European economy in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment44

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas energy system integration aims to keep costs for European authorities, European businesses and European citizens within realistic and acceptable limits; a cost efficient energy sector integration must be enforced;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment45

Paolo Borchia



Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas energy system integration can keep costs for European authorities and European citizens within realistic and affordable limits;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment46

Jakop G. Dalunde



Recital D a (new)


Amendment

D a.whereas energy efficiency first means taking utmost account in energy planning, and in policy and investment decisions, of alternative cost efficient energy efficiency measures to make energy demand and energy supply more efficient, in particular by means of cost effective end-use energy savings, demand response initiatives and more efficient conversion, transmission and distribution of energy, whilst still achieving the objectives of those decisions 4a;

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4a Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment47





Recital D a (new)


Amendment

D a.whereas renewable energy such as wind and solar energy are by their nature an unreliable source of energy as these forms of energy are not always available; underlines the importance of keeping the total costs of these forms of energy in mind as there are the costs of storage of energy, the costs of back-up energy-providers and the grid-connection costs;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment48



Recital D a (new)


Amendment

D a.whereas the climate emergency and the current health crisis forces the Union to reconsider the role of public spending in achieving social, environmental and economic goals supporting a green recovery;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment49

Patrizia Toia


Recital D a (new)


Amendment

D a.whereas consumer rights and protections in the gas and district heating sectors are not aligned to those in the electricity sector;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment50



Recital D a (new)


Amendment

D a.whereas the COVID-19 crisis has shown that it is crucial to be able to rely on a safe and flexible energy system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment51





Recital D b (new)


Amendment

D b.whereas nuclear and hydropower form the backbone of low-carbon electricity generation while and provide three-quarters of the global low-carbon generation, on the other hand, over the past 50 years, the use of nuclear energy has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by more than 60 gigatons, which is equivalent to almost two years of global energy-related emissions according to the IEA-OECD report;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment52



Pietro Fiocchi, Jessica Stegrud, Robert Roos, Rob Rooken


Recital D c (new)


Amendment

D c.whereas the IEA-OECD report recommends several government actions that aim to ensure that existing nuclear power plants can operate as long as they are safe, support the construction of new nuclear power plants, and encourage the development of new nuclear technologies;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment53

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 1


Amendment

1.Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented rapidly in a spirit of solidarity; encourages the private sector to contribute to its success;

1.Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration namely a cascading priority for energy efficiency and savings, direct electrification and sustainable, renewables based fuels for applications that do not have another alternative; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented rapidly in a spirit of solidarity; encourages the private sector to contribute to its success;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment54

Sylvia Limmer


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Takes notes of the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment55





Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Welcomes the Communication by the Commission on a strategy for energy system integration; notes that this general direction set out in the document requires clarifications regarding the tangible implementation of proposed actions which should be further developed based on thorough impact assessment and taking into account the principle of technological neutrality and in close cooperation with the industries concerned;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment56



Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication a strategy for energy system integration in particularly on energy efficiency first principle, and a largely renewable based energy system; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented rapidly in a spirit of solidarity; believes that the public sector plays a crucial role in its success;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment57

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented adequately in time and effectively in a spirit of cooperation; considers the private sector as an important actor to ensure its effective implementation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment58

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented rapidly in a spirit of solidarity; underlines that the private sector will play a key role in its success;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment59



Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented rapidly in a spirit of solidarity; encourages the private sector to contribute to its success and support the building of an energy system that drives the EU towards climate neutrality in 2050 at the latest;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment60

Sylvia Limmer


Paragraph 2


Amendment

2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility and security of supply through the development of an efficient, integrated, resilient, smart and decarbonised system;

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Or. {DE}de

Amendment61





Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Is of the opinion that such a strategy, when translated into actions with a realistic approach and with economical viable measures, can help the Union to achieve a transition to an economy with more respect towards the environment while maintaining energy accessibility, affordability, and security of supply through the development of an efficient, integrated, resilient, smart and decarbonised system without compromising but further strengthening the competitiveness of European industries;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment62

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while ensuring energy accessibility and security of supply through an effective development of an efficient, integrated, resilient, flexible and smart system with the aim of reaching gradually the decarbonisation targets;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment63

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union to set out a path to achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility, affordability and security of supply through the development of a highly energy efficient fully renewables based, integrated, resilient and smart system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment64



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility and security of supply through the development of a circular, highly energy and resource efficient, integrated, resilient, smart, renewables-based and multi-modal system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment65

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Pascal Arimont, Markus Pieper, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility, affordability and security of supply through the development of an efficient, integrated, interconnected, resilient, smart and decarbonised system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment66



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility and security of supply through the development of a just, efficient, integrated, resilient, cost-competitive, smart and decarbonised system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment67



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintaining energy accessibility, affordability and security of supply through the development of an efficient, integrated, resilient, smart and decarbonised system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment68

Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Elżbieta Kruk


Paragraph 2 a (new)


Amendment

2 a.Notes the Commission's intention to propose a revision of number of relevant acts relevant for the Strategy; emphasizes in this respect that revision should be carried out with an utmost care for coherent long-term approach and stable regulatory framework for industries concerned and insists that a detailed cost-benefit analysis should be carried out in each case in order to develop an appropriate pathway of development; urges that revision should take into due account the obligations arising from current legislative acts that required financial outlays from Member States and industries and return on these investments should not be jeopardized by legislative changes creating stranded costs; recalls in this respect that Directive 2014/94/EU laid down on Member States requirements on the bunkering of LNG in maritime and inland waterway transport until 2025 and2030 respectively, as well as to ensure adequate number of CNG/LNG refuelling points for motor vehicles;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment69

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti


Paragraph 2 a (new)


Amendment

2 a.Recalls the importance of taking into account the diversity of national energy systems and challenges; encourages the Commission to maintain an approach that is as neutral as possible to allow each Member State to use the most efficient decarbonisation solutions according to their needs and resources;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment70

Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Elżbieta Kruk


Paragraph 2 b (new)


Amendment

2 b.Notes that implementation of energy system integration while intended to reduce costs of the energy transformation in Europe in a long run would involves immediate significant costs passed on the end-users; asks therefore the Commission to present costs analysis of the proposed changes per sector involved and per Member State

Or. {EN}en

Amendment71

Jakop G. Dalunde



Subheading 1


Amendment

Optimising and decarbonising energy systems

Highly energy efficient and renewables based energy systems

Or. {EN}en

Amendment72

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Paragraph 3


Amendment

3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy which is not consumed;

3.Acknowledges the importance of the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that direct electrification, where possible, presents an important pathway towards decarbonisation. Highlights the need to develop a resilient and climate neutral energy system based on the principle of “cost-efficiency";

Or. {EN}en

Amendment73



Pietro Fiocchi


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for an efficient energy system in which all sectors will look for a better cost efficiency of products and the implementation of energy from sources that will help to reduce the carbon footprint and contribute to the energy independence of the European Union;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment74

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is the one not consumed, meaning that energy savings and efficiency gains must be prioritised;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment75

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy generated, as much as possible, from sustainable sources;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment76



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle, a more circular energy system and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy which is not consumed;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment77



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is the energy that is not consumed;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment78



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy which is not consumed; calls for making the energy efficiency first principle operational in all upcoming revisions of Union and national legislation and methodologies, notably for scenario and infrastructure planning and Cost Benefit Analysis;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment79



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy which is not consumed; stresses the need for portfolio of climate-friendly solutions to enable the most energy-efficient and cost effective technologies to thrive in the market;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment80

Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Manuel Bompard


Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3 a.Notes the limitations of sustainably produced biofuels and renewable hydrogen and therefore emphasises the need to apply first other alternatives such as the energy efficiency first principle and direct electrification; however, is aware of the role that sustainably produced biofuels and renewable hydrogen can play in decarbonising the difficult-to-decarbonise sectors such as steel and cement and thus believes that certain common rules and provisions need to be set;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment81

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3 a.Notes the high energy consumption in the water sector needs; calls on the Commission to consider energy-efficient measures for the EU water sector and the possibility to use treated waste water as an “on-site” source of renewable energy in the Energy System Integration;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment82

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3 a.Recalls the importance of a technology-neutral approach that ensures that all cost-effective and energy-efficient options are made available to achieve climate neutrality in 2050 and a just transition in the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment83

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3 a.Underlines important benefits of increased energy efficiency efforts such reduced energy import dependencies, cheaper consumption bills, increased industrial competiveness, as well as climate and environment benefits;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment84

Nicolás González Casares, Alicia Homs Ginel, Carlos Zorrinho, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Jens Geier, Csaba Molnár, Adriana Maldonado López, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Josianne Cutajar, Niels Fuglsang


Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3 a.Stresses the need to accelerate the transition to an energy system based on renewable energies and faster electrification of end-use sectors, where possible, bearing in mind costs and energy-efficiency;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment85

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 3 b (new)


Amendment

3 b.Calls for making the energy efficiency first principle operational in all upcoming revisions of Union and national legislation and methodologies, notably for scenario and infrastructure planning and Cost Benefit Analysis;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment86



Paragraph 3 b (new)


Amendment

3 b.Stresses the need to phase out all fossil fuels and to assure a just transition towards climate neutrality and a fully renewable based energy system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment87



Paragraph 3 c (new)


Amendment

3 c.Deplores the danger of accidents occurring during the operation of nuclear power plants and the economic and environmental cost of nuclear waste management; calls for the phase out of nuclear energy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment88



Paragraph 3 d (new)


Amendment

3 d.Deplores the role of investor protection as an obstacle to achieving the obligations under the Paris Agreement and achieving climate neutrality; calls on the Commission to terminate the protection of fossil fuel investments in the context of the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty in order to facilitate a fast transition towards a sustainable, renewable based energy system;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment89

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 4


Amendment

4.Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious targets, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy;

4.Notes that not all Member States have reached the Energy Efficiency targets for 2020, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to design a more effective set of targets, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; encourages, in this regard, an effective and flexible application of the renovation wave strategy in each Member State;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment90





Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Takes note of the insufficient progress made by Member States, asset out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to analyse in close cooperation with Member States and representatives of the industries concerned the reasons for not meeting the set numbers and stresses that no new targets should be set without removing the existing barriers and before achieving the current targets;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment91



Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member States and by the Union as a whole, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious targets, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; calls on the Commission to review the existing measures and adopt more targeted policies, especially in those sectors, like transport, where progress was insufficient; welcomes,in this regard, the renovation wave strategy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment92

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Sara Skyttedal, Sven Schulze, Tomas Tobé, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Acknowledges the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to explore the impacts of revised targets on businesses, notably SMEs, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy; emphasizes that the renovation of the existing building stock does not fully compensate for the need to produce more low carbon energy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment93

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member States on energy efficiency and renovation, as presented in the 2020 Energy Efficiency Progress Report; takes note of the decision of the Commission to revise Directive (EU) 2018/2002 on Energy Efficiency, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy and the upcoming revision of Directive (EU) 2018/844 on the Energy Performance of Buildings;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment94

Nicolás González Casares, Alicia Homs Ginel, Carlos Zorrinho, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Jens Geier, Robert Hajšel, Csaba Molnár, Adriana Maldonado López, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Niels Fuglsang


Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious targets and instruments to achieve them in the upcoming legislative reviews of the energy and climate regulation, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy and the Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition communication;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment95

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; calls on the Commission to propose more ambitious targets, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process and the Climate Target Plan; as well as an ambitious revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; welcomes in this regard the renovation wave strategy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment96

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 5


Amendment

5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency first to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines necessary requirements on circularity and waste recycling and envisages a similar legislative framework for excess energy and unavoidable waste heat from highly energy efficient industrial processes, building, data centres or other processes; calls for a necessary modernisation of heat networks to 4th and 5th generation high-efficiency low-temperature networks based on renewable energy, which must play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; calls in this context for a further implementation of the heating and cooling strategy, including when revising the Renewable Energy Directive, the Energy Efficiency Directive 5a, as well as the creation of an enabling framework when revising the environmental and energy state aid guidelines6a; draws attention to the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

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5a Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources; Directive (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018, amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency

6a Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy

Or. {EN}en

Amendment97

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive terminology and certification system in a single legislative instrument that covers both renewable and low-carbon fuels, based on full life-cycle GHG emission savings across the entire value chain; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; recognises the potential key role of refineries in a circular energy system, for their capability to recycle biological waste and residues from agriculture, food and forestry into fuels and other products; recognises low-carbon liquid fuels (based on e.g. hydrogen and captured CO2 or biomass and waste) as a central part of the solution to help reaching climate neutrality; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment98

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of organic waste from cities and agricultural sector, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop effective incentives and business models for the uncoupling and use of industrial waste heat; draws attention to the replacement of old and inefficient heating systems and the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment99

Patrizia Toia


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres as well as the potential of biogas/biomethane in terms of resource efficiency, cost-efficiency, and in supporting the development of new local revenue streams, such as in rural areas; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment100



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; calls on the Commission to propose concrete initiatives to reduce energy losses along the transmission and distribution networks, through the revision of Regulation (EU) 347/2013 on a trans-European energy infrastructure and Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 on the security of gas supply;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment101



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; stresses that waste to heat is an inefficient use of resources that is not compatible with circularity, draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management while prioritizing cyber security and data protection;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment102



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres, energy produced from bio-waste or in wastewater treatment plants; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment103





Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of extension of the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and datacentres; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment104

Seán Kelly


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres and agriculture; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment105

Claudia Gamon, Klemen Grošelj


Paragraph 5 a (new)


Amendment

5 a.Considers district heating in densely populated areas to be a very efficient tool for energy storage providing the necessary flexibility to integrate a greater share of intermittent renewables and waste heat from industrial processes; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and develop highly energy-efficient district heating networks; moreover, calls on the Commission to take heat infrastructure and thermal storage into account when developing the Ten-Year Network Development Plans for both the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G);

Or. {EN}en

Amendment106

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti


Paragraph 5 a (new)


Amendment

5 a.Welcomes the new EU Methane Strategy; recalls that it is essential to rapidly deploy methane emissions monitoring systems, relying on satellite observation technologies such as the ones developed through the Copernicus programme; welcomes the private initiatives undertaken to reduce methane emissions, such as the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership and the Methane Guiding Principles;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment107

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 5 a (new)


Amendment

5 a.Calls on the Commission to take initiatives to make the valorisation of unavoidable waste heat mandatory, as resource for channelling into heat networks or storage;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment108

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj


Paragraph 5 b (new)


Amendment

5 b.Calls on the Commission to propose measures to further reduce methane emissions in the energy sector, starting with introducing a binding methane intensity reduction objective of 0.2% by 2025 for all gases sold within the EU in Directive (EU) 2019/692 on the internal market for natural gas; welcomes the Commission’s proposal to make Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Leak Detection And Repair (LDAR) mandatory;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment109

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Valérie Hayer


Paragraph 5 c (new)


Amendment

5 c.Underlines the potential of circular economy solutions to reduce final energy demand, such as the reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; calls on the Commission to propose measures to incentivise the reuse of waste energy and heat in the revision of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste reduction; underlines that sustainably produced biogas, including biomethane, can help reuse waste stemming from agriculture, food consumption and forestry;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment110



Paragraph 5 d (new)


Amendment

5 d.Draws attention to the challenge of decarbonising heating and cooling; highlights the potential of modern, low-temperature district heating networks supplied by renewable, carbon-free and low-carbon energy; notes that they can play a significant role in cost-efficient heat decarbonisation in urban and industrial areas;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment111

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Morten Petersen, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Paragraph 5 e (new)


Amendment

5 e.Stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management, which can also reduce energy demand in a cost-efficient way; welcomes the ongoing revision of the secondary legislation on energy labelling and ecodesign of space and water heaters and coolers;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment112

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, Salvatore De Meo, Maria da Graça Carvalho, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Maria Spyraki, Henna Virkkunen, Pascal Arimont, Markus Pieper, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera


Paragraph 6


Amendment

6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals;

6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop financial tools which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals; underlines that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe and the European Clean Hydrogen Partnership, the Connecting Europe Facility on the basis of the TEN-E and TEN-T Regulations, cohesion policy, InvestEU, Recovery and Resilience Facility, Just Transition Fund and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a renewable and low-carbon hydrogen economy, biogas/biomethane development and carbon capture and storage and hydrogen-compatible infrastructure, while also providing appropriate investments in the use of natural gas where it provides emission reduction and serves as a transitional enabler; calls on the Commission to develop targets for energy infrastructure rollout and that system integration should make maximum use of existing gas infrastructure which can help deliver a cost-effective transition throughout many sectors including industry and mobility;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment113

Paolo Borchia



Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual electricity and gas infrastructure investment; recalls that the use of the existing gas infrastructure in combination with renewable and low-carbon gases will avoid unnecessary investments on the electricity side while simultaneously implementing the EU decarbonising targets; calls on the Commission to conduct a comparative analysis of costs and benefits and develop sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment114

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require also a massive expansion of additional renewable energy capacities for the direct electrification of currently fossil based applications and might require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop an inclusive, integrated and realistic scenario planning, considering notably energy efficiency and energy system integration, as well as sustainable investment criteria7a, which are fully in line with the climate goals;

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7a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment 2018/0178 (COD)

Or. {EN}en

Amendment115



Pietro Fiocchi, Elżbieta Kruk, Evžen Tošenovský


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the needs of the energy system integration and take into account the emission reduction potential of the investment in the end use and its contribution to energy transition;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment116

Sylvia Limmer


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment, and that renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are intermittent and variable and therefore not suitable for a central a.c. grid, as they are neither controllable nor base-load capable and thus neither ensure security of supply nor grid stability;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment117

Nicolás González Casares, Alicia Homs Ginel, Carlos Zorrinho, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Jens Geier, Robert Hajšel, Csaba Molnár, Adriana Maldonado López, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Niels Fuglsang


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the climate and energy targets for 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest in order to make sure that it does not lead to a lock-in of assets;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment118



Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require a massive expansion of renewable energy capacity, potentially accounting for between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop sustainable investment criteria and inclusive, integrated and realistic planning which are fully in line with the climate goals;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment119

Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Manuel Bompard, Sira Rego


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission to develop sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the climate goals thus excluding fossil fuel infrastructure to safeguard against a fossil fuel lock-in;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment120

Massimiliano Salini, Tom Berendsen, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Christian Ehler, Gheorghe Falcă, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Antonio Tajani, Pernille Weiss, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Jerzy Buzek, Henna Virkkunen, Sara Skyttedal, Sven Schulze, Tomas Tobé


Paragraph 6 a (new)


Amendment

6 a.Regrets that the Commission’s draft taxonomy delegated act undermines the climate goals with regards to renewable energy sources, encourages the Commission to embrace a technological neutral approach based on life-cycle GHG emissions and not demand stricter rules from hydropower, biofuel and biogas, than other renewable energy sources; Furthermore, regrets that nuclear power is broken out and dealt with in a separate delegated act as this undermines the holistic energy system perspective, and limits Member States' possibilities for self-determination over the energy mix;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment121

Jakop G. Dalunde



Paragraph 7


Amendment

7.Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need for new energy production, transmission, distribution and conversion infrastructure in order to optimise its use in a climate-neutral economy and to ensure its economic viability;

7.Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need for energy efficiency measures, system integration or new energy production, transmission, distribution and conversion infrastructure in order to optimise its use in a climate-neutral economy and to ensure its mid- and long-term economic viability; demands that each infrastructure project should include an alternative scenario based on demand reduction and/or sector integration before being constructed;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment122

Christophe Grudler, Mauri Pekkarinen, Ivars Ijabs, Bart Groothuis, Iskra Mihaylova, Klemen Grošelj, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Claudia Gamon, Valérie Hayer


Paragraph 7


Amendment

7.Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need for new energy production, transmission, distribution and conversion infrastructure in order to optimise its use in a climate-neutral economy and to ensure its economic viability;

7.Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need for new energy production,

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