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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the International Conference on Renewable Energy and this resolution, which we will vote on next, respond to a need and a general concern to increase energy sources which are clean and sustainable over time.
The European Union has made considerable progress, but much remains to be done. Three years ago, this Parliament approved the Directive on the promotion of renewable electricity sources and, since then, there has been a spectacular increase in the use of such electricity sources. The European Union brings together the majority of the world’s installed capacity. In 2001, there was 17 000 megawatts of wind power installed. Today this figure has doubled. This is just one example of a long list of successes which allow us to export innovative technologies respectful of the environment to other countries.
From now on, we will need to achieve greater efficiency which contributes to better management of energy resources. In this regard, I believe that the directives on energy efficiency in buildings and cogeneration will play an important role, as well as the new intelligent energy plan for Europe. I would like the 20% referred to in the motion for a resolution to be achieved, but the method that can contribute most to achieving it is unquestionably improving energy efficiency.
The consumption of fuel for transport generates emissions of polluting gases, the immediate effects of which are suffered in the large urban centres. Therefore, the directive for the promotion of biofuels, approved last year, is another of Commissioner de Palacio’s commitments to renewable energies with a view to reducing emissions into the atmosphere.
We are already seeing some cities incorporating transport systems using biodiesel, bioethanol and hydrogen. In some cases they are experimental projects, but in others this technology is a reality within our transport systems. These fuels can also be used in mixtures with other conventional fuels in normal cars and, as if this were not enough, hybrid vehicles which operate conventionally and electrically and are the most fuel-efficient are already being marketed.
The next step must be technology for the large-scale use of hydrogen. The Commission has already opened a wide debate on this energy vector which will allow us to use forms of transport without emissions.
The current legislature is coming to an end, but I am sure that hydrogen will be one of the great subjects of debate in the coming months and all these initiatives can contribute to achieving the most ambitious objectives for renewable energies and, ultimately, for the environment.
At a time when OPEC has just approved a reduction in oil production, I would like to end today by calling on the Member States to demonstrate sufficient will to promote these renewable technologies which do not pollute and which come from sources which nature provides us with in abundance, since this will benefit everybody."@en1
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