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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-05-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030512.7.1-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-12-Speech-1-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:Luis Berenguer Fuster2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-02-07--2003-06-29)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there is absolutely no doubt that the promotion of electrical energy production by means of cogeneration is an objective which we should all share, and for various reasons. We are therefore going to support the Commission’s initiative, which deserves all our respect, and we congratulate the Commissioner on it. Production by means of cogeneration allows, firstly, energy savings and, as a consequence, achieves an environmental protection objective, since it reduces CO2 production. There are other reasons why this method deserves our support. Firstly, by producing heat and electricity in a combined fashion, costs can be reduced, and also, if required, users can be offered an alternative supply, which, in some cases, is a way of introducing competition, particularly in those markets – as is the case in the electricity market in my country – where there is a strong oligopolistic component. Support for the promotion of cogeneration has been ratified by this Parliament in its Resolution of 25 September and we will therefore be acting coherently by supporting this initiative. But the problem is that, when we talk about the concept of cogeneration, there are in fact very differing realities between cogeneration in the countries of the North of Europe and that in the South. It was therefore very difficult to combine such different realities in a single proposal. In the countries of the North cogeneration is essentially used to produce heating, while in the South, cogeneration is a system used by certain industrial sectors which require the production of intensive heat and also reduces the cost of electrical energy. Examples of this are the paper industry and the ceramics industry. It can be deduced from this that the cogeneration plants used in different countries differ radically. While in the plants dedicated to heating steam turbines are used, and it is only necessary to generate heat during the cold months of the year, in those intended for cogeneration production for industrial purposes the heat required is of greater intensity and is used throughout the year. This means that there are differing sizes and systems, and to encompass everything within a single directive has been difficult. I believe that the efforts made by the rapporteur to encompass and include such differing realities in the text of the directive have been remarkable to say the least, and I would therefore like to congratulate him warmly. I would like to say that, in general terms, we will support the text of the report with the amendments proposed."@en1

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