19 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU has endorsed the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and the goal of achieving a cost-efficient and fair transition leading to climate neutrality by 2050as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy requires a clean energy transition thata climate neutral economy requires a swift transition to a fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy-efficient energy system ensures ing sustainability, security of supplaccessibility and affordability of energy and ultimately the Union’s security and geopolitical independence of supply;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas renewable hydrogen canould be used for industrial, transport and heating applications,to decarbonisinge those sectors in which direct renewable electrification is not possible or competitive,, such as shipping, aviation and carbon intensive industrial process as well as for seasonal energy storage to balance, where necessary, the energy system, thereby playing a significant role in energy system integration;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, as of today, available models of market evolution of different types of hydrogen vary greatly, and important sensitivities on price, demand and production of hydrogen make projections highly uncertain; whereas policy and investment decision should take this into account, hence focus on no- regret policy and investment options; whereas, in this context, renewable hydrogen production is the only long-term sustainable and cost-efficient solution to contribute to the achievement the Union’s climate neutrality and avoid carbon lock- in effects and stranded assets;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintain and further develop European technological leadership in cleanand strategic autonomy in renewable hydrogen13 through a competitive and, resource and energy- efficient, sustainable hydrogen economy with an integrated hydrogen market; emphasises the necessity of a European hydrogen strategy that covers the whole hydrogen value chain, including the demand and supply sectors, and is coordinated with national efforts to bring down the costs of clean hydrogen; welcomes, therefore, the hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe proposed by the Commission; _________________ 13According to the Commission, ʻclean hydrogenʼ refers to hydrogen produced through electrolysis of water with electricity from renewable sources. It may also be produced through reforming of biogas or biochemical conversion of biomass, if in compliance with sustainability requirements.ensure additional renewable electricity generation capacity is installed to produce renewable hydrogen and to bring down the costs of renewable hydrogen; welcomes, therefore, the hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle prevails and that direct electrification, where possible, is the preferable option for decarbonisationfollowed, for the outstanding energy needs, by decentralised direct renewable electrification should always be the preferable order of intervention across the economic sectors to reach climate neutrality as it is more cost-, resource and energy-efficient than the use of clean hydrogenemploying renewable hydrogen as a first choice;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that only cleanrenewable hydrogen is the only sustainablye and cost- efficient solution to contributinge to achieving climate neutrality in the long termand avoid lock-in effects and stranded assets, hence the Union’s strategy should solely focus on renewable hydrogen;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that a common legal classification of the different types of hydrogen is of utmost importance; welcomes the classificationinitial nomenclature proposed by the Commission; notes that avoiding two names for univocal use of the sname category, such as ʻrenewableʼ and ʻcleanʼ hydrogen,‘renewable’ hydrogen for the related category could further clarify that classification;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the urgent need for European standards, certification and labelling systems for clean hydrogen and guarantees of origin for renewable electricitythe different types of hydrogen; believes that cleansuch hydrogen classification should be determined according to an independent, and science- based reviewassessment of itsthe lifecycle GHG emissions; calls on the Commission to provide a regulatory framework as early as possible in 2021 and sustainability impacts on the use of resources (such as water and raw materials) of the different types of hydrogen; calls on the Commission in the context of the Renewable Energy Directive revision, to provide a regulatory framework developing robust and transparent sustainability criteria for the certification and tracking of renewable hydrogen in the EU, also to trigger investment in additional renewable electricity generation;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Ramping up renewable hydrogen production and corresponding renewable capacity
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s ambitious goals of increasing the capacity of renewable hydrogen electrolysers and renewable hydrogen production according to identified priority demands for those applications with no other decarbonisation alternatives; urges the Commission and the Member States to incentivise the value chain and market uptake of cleanrenewable hydrogen in order to make it technologically mature and competitive with fossil-based and low-carbon hydrogen14 ; _________________ 14According to the Commission, ʻlow- carbon hydrogenʼ encompasses fossil- based hydrogen with carbon capture and electricity-based hydrogen, with significantly reduced full life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to existing hydrogen production.;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 170 #
9a. Recalls that production of low- carbon and renewable hydrogen have different infrastructure and investment needs, while technologies to transform fossil-based hydrogen into a low-carbon are not market-ready yet; also recalls that 2050 is only one investment cycle away, hence a swift and effective achievement of climate neutrality by that year at the latest leaves no room for investments in transitional solutions; recalls moreover that the production of low-carbon hydrogen will not even tackle the life- cycle methane emissions of fossil gas employed in the production and will lock- in investment into gas infrastructures;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the timely need for renewable hydrogen production and transport infrastructure and the parallel development of demand and supply; welcomes, in this respect, the Commission’s intention to review Regulation No 347/2013 of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure (the TEN-E Regulation)15 ; notes that, despite the concentration on industrial clusters in the first phase, the planning of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertakenfor additional renewable electricity; believes hydrogen transport infrastructure should develop gradually and reflect the actual market evolution for the identified priority applications, e.g. at first transport needs will be limited as demand will be met by on-site or close by- production, and further in time transport development will favour closed-loop systems nearby industrial clusters (needing hydrogen in its pure form), combining additional renewables production and distribution of renewable hydrogen at a regional level; welcomes, in this respect, the Commission’s intention to review Regulation No 347/2013 of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure (the TEN-E Regulation)15; _________________ 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibilityif there is a need of repurposing portions of existing gas pipelines for the transport of pure hydrogen , where this connects to future renewable hydrogen supply and to demand in sectors that have no decarbonised alternatives; invites the Commission, in the context of that assessment, to provide a robust cost- benefits analysis internalising all the external costs (in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise resources uses and investment costs and levelised costs of transmission);
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Opposes proposals to blend renewable hydrogen into the fossil gas grid, as such blending would be at odds with the demand for pure hydrogen as feedstock or energy carrier in those industries and transport applications that have no other alternative to decarbonise;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of cleanrenewable hydrogen and to avoid carbon lock-ins, demand for cleanrenewable hydrogen must increase; acknowledges that the initial focus of hydrogen demand should be on sectors for which the use of hydrogen is close to competitive or that currently cannot be decarbonised by other meansthe only technically available option for decarbonisation; believes that for these sectors roadmaps for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level; agrees with the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of cleanrenewable hydrogen in specific sectors and carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) are necessary to promote decarbonisation through cleanrenewable hydrogen;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that local and European production of renewable hydrogen should be prioritised; also believes that the importing of cleanrenewable hydrogen may becomeshould be done only if is proven strictly necessary to cater toportions of the European demand; calls on the Commission to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regions and, if so, on the basis of common standards and criteria, as to avoid unfair competition, other forms of energy dependency or relocation of environmental impacts; in this regard, calls on the Commission to develop international hydrogen standards, emissions calculation methodologies per unit of hydrogen, as well as sustainability criteria and make them a pre-requisite for any hydrogen import;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for an integrated energy system in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, in order to achieve climate neutrality as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest, the need for an integrated energy system where renewable hydrogen represent a small part of the equation; believes that the integration of the electricity, heat, gas and hydrogen grid is beneficial forsectors, having energy efficiency at its core, is beneficial for achieving the Union’s climate and energy goals and a well-functioning hydrogen and energy market; welcomes the inclusion of hydrogen in the Commission’s Strategy for Energy System Integration; believes that cleanit is worth to explore how and to which extent hydrogen canould play a key role in terms of seasonal energy storage to balance intermittent renewable energy supply and demand; renewable energy supply and demand vis-à-vis other solutions; in this regard, highlights that energy losses associated to energy storage by means of hydrogen are estimated around 60% on the so called round trip;