13
Dec
2022
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Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU) (continuation of debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, today we are discussing one of the important documents in the series, namely renewables. First of all, I would like to thank my colleague Markus Pieper as rapporteur on this matter and not quite the easy matter. I very much appreciate his efforts to find maximum support for joint action. This is a really important document, which should mainly simplify the administrative process for the construction of renewables. Indeed, we are currently faced with a situation in many Member States where there are different settings, be they geographical, energy mix and these conditions are very complex. Therefore, we, too, should not neglect the truly different situation and make sure that there are no crisis situations. Similarly, we must take very seriously the need to maintain the stability of energy networks, because member countries have to deal with back-up sources of electricity even in the event of a production failure from renewable sources. Once again, I would like to thank Markus Pieper and I believe that together we will manage to find a reasonable solution in this complex legislation so that, on the one hand, we simplify and speed up processes, but do not cause unnecessary crisis situations in the supply of electricity or energy in general.