7 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s ambitious goals of increasing the capacity of renewable hydrogen electrolysers and hydrogen production; urges the Commission and the Member States to incentivise the value chain and market uptake of clean hydrogen in order to make it technologically mature and competitive with fossil-based and low-carbon hydrogen14; a framework must be provided that allows the adoption of business models for the production and use of clean hydrogen which are sustainable in the long term, thus establishing a level playing field among energy carriers; regional hydrogen hubs that cluster together production, interim storage, distribution and use processes and therefore cover as many segments of the hydrogen value chain as possible might play a central role as a starting point for the establishment of a competitive clean hydrogen economy; these centres and their gradual incorporation into a more comprehensive network must accordingly be promoted; the visibility of hydrogen hubs of this kind might also increase public acceptance; _________________ 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 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the timely need for 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 undertaken; the development of appropriate storage infrastructures should also be a key element of this; _________________ 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of repurposing existing gas pipelines for the transport of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission; in parallel, however, the need for additional pipelines for the transport of clean hydrogen should be examined;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of clean hydrogen and to avoid carbon lock-ins, demand for clean hydrogen must increase; market incentive programmes must therefore be created to stimulate use; 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 means; 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 clean hydrogen in specific sectors and carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) are necessary to promote decarbonisation through clean hydrogen; however, in addition to the industrial sector, the mobility sector should also already be a significant area of focus at this stage;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment are needed to make clean hydrogen competitive, and that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU, the ERDF and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a clean hydrogen economy; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for clean hydrogen;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the importing of clean hydrogen may become necessary to cater to European demand; suitable import infrastructures should be created at an early stage to allow this; seaports should play a key role in this regard;calls on the Commission to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regions;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is convinced that the EU should try to promote its standards on hydrogen internationally and thus make hydrogen a part of its international cooperation; for trading purposes uniform standards are needed that give due consideration to the concrete carbon impact and the possibility of demonstrating that the hydrogen in question is actually clean;