E ai ki tētahi kōrero a te Komihana Pākehā, ko te Ture whakamana tuatahi e tautuhi ana i ngā tikanga e tika ana mō te hauwai, ngā wahie hauwai, me ētahi atu kaikawe pūngao kia whakarōpūtia hei wahie whakahou kāore i te pūtake koiora (RFNBO). E whakamārama ana te pire i te mātāpono o te "tāpiritanga" hauwai kua whakatakotoria i roto i te EU Renewable Energy Directive, ko te tikanga me hono ngā pūtau hiko e whakaputa ana i te hauwai ki te whakaputa hiko whakahou hou. Ko tēnei mātāpono o te tāpiritanga kua tautuhia inaianei ko "ngā kaupapa pūngao whakahou e tīmata ana i mua i te 36 marama i mua i ngā whare e whakaputa ana i te hauwai me ōna hua". Ko te whāinga o te mātāpono he whakarite kia whakatenatena te whakaputanga o te hauwai whakahou i te pikinga o te nui o te pūngao whakahou e wātea ana ki te whatunga ki te whakataurite ki ngā mea kua wātea kē. Mā tēnei, ka tautoko te whakaputanga hauwai i te tango waro me te tautoko i ngā mahi hiko, me te karo i te pēhanga ki te whakaputa hiko.

E matapaetia ana e te Komihana o Ūropi ka piki ake te hiahia hiko mō te hanga hauwai i te tau 2030 me te whakatinanatanga nui o ngā pūtau hiko nui. Hei whakatutuki i te wawata a REPowerEU ki te whakaputa i te 10 miriona tāne o te wahie whakahou mai i ngā pūtake kore-koiora i te tau 2030, me hiahia te EU ki te 500 TWh o te hiko whakahou, he rite ki te 14% o te whakapaunga pūngao katoa a te EU i taua wā. Kei roto i te whakaaro a te komihana ki te whakapiki i te whāinga pūngao whakahou ki te 45% i te tau 2030.
Kei roto hoki i te Ture Whakamana tuatahi ngā huarahi rerekē e taea ai e ngā kaihanga te whakaatu kei te tutuki te hiko whakahou e whakamahia ana hei whakaputa hauwai ki te ture tāpiri. Ka whakauruhia anō hoki ngā paerewa kua hangaia hei whakarite kia whakaputaina te hauwai whakahou ina he nui te pūngao whakahou (e kiia ana ko te hiranga ā-wā me te ā-whenua). Hei whakaaro ki ngā herenga haumi o nāianei, me te tuku i te rāngai ki te urutau ki te anga hou, ka āta whakaurua ngā ture, ā, ka hangaia kia kaha ake te whakakaha i roto i te wā.
I roto i te tauira pire whakamanatanga a te Kotahitanga o Ūropi i te tau kua hipa, i hiahiatia he hononga ia haora i waenga i te tuku me te whakamahinga o te hiko whakahou, arā, me whakamatau e ngā kaihanga ia haora ko te hiko e whakamahia ana i roto i ā rātou pūtau i ahu mai i ngā puna hou whakahou.
I whakakahoretia e te Paremata o Ūropi te hononga ia haora tautohenga i te marama o Hepetema 2022 i muri i te kīnga a te rōpū hokohoko hauwai o te EU me te umanga hauwai, i arahina e te Kaunihera mō te Pūngao Hauwai Whakahou, kāore e taea te whakamahi, ā, ka piki ake ngā utu hauwai matomato o te EU.
I tēnei wā, ka whakararu te pire whakamanatanga a te komihana i ēnei tūranga e rua: ka taea e ngā kaihanga hauwai te whakataurite i tā rātou hanga hauwai ki te pūngao whakahou kua hainatia e rātou i ia marama tae noa ki te 1 o Hānuere, 2030, ā, i muri mai ka whakaaetia noa ngā hononga ia haora. Hei tāpiri, ka whakatakotohia e te ture he wāhanga whakawhiti, e āhei ai ngā kaupapa hauwai matomato e whakahaerehia ana i te mutunga o te tau 2027 kia kore e uru ki te whakaritenga tāpiri tae noa ki te tau 2038. Ko tēnei wā whakawhiti e rite ana ki te wā e whānui ai te pūtau me te tomo ki te mākete. Heoi, mai i te 1 o Hūrae 2027, ka whai kōwhiringa ngā whenua mema ki te whakauru i ngā ture whakawhirinaki-wā pakari ake.
Mō te hiranga ā-whenua, e kī ana te Ture ko ngā tipu hiko whakahou me ngā pūtau hiko e whakaputa ana i te hauwai ka whakanohoia ki te rohe tuku kotahi, e tautuhia ana ko te rohe whenua nui rawa atu (he rohe ā-motu te tikanga) ka taea e ngā kaiuru mākete te whakawhiti hiko me te kore e tohatoha kaha. I kī te Komihana ko tēnei hei whakarite kia kore he putunga whatunga i waenga i ngā pūtau e whakaputa ana i te hauwai whakahou me ngā waeine hiko whakahou, ā, he tika kia hiahiatia kia noho ngā waeine e rua ki te rohe tuku kotahi. Ka pā ngā ture ōrite ki te hauwai matomato e kawemai ana ki te EU, ā, e whakatinanahia ana mā te kaupapa tiwhikete.
Te wā tuku: 21-Pepuere-2023