22 Amendments of Sylvia LIMMER related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU hascurrently endorseds the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and the goal of achieving a cost-efficient and fair transition leading to climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transition togoals of a net-zero greenhouse gas economy requires a cleaninclude a ‘renewable’ energy transition that ensures sustainability, security of supply and affordability of energdepends on heavy subsidisation by the state and that guarantees neither grid stability nor security of supply;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas hydrogen can be used for industrial, transport and heating applications, decarbonising sectors in which direct electrification is not possible or competitive, as well as for energy storage to balance the energy system, thereby playing a significant role in energy system integrationthe production of hydrogen is very energy-intensive, whereas significant additional energy losses arise during the production of hydrogen in connection with transformation processes, and whereas stringent technical requirements apply to a hydrogen network that does not yet exist, which is why it is unlikely in the immediate future, given the current state of the art, that hydrogen will be viable from the perspective of energy industry considerations or that its production in sufficient quantities can be guaranteed;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintain and further develop European technological leadership in clean hydrogen13 through a competitive and sustainable hydrogen economy with an integrated hydrogen market; emphasises the necessity of a European hydrogen strategy that covers the whole hydrogen value chaEmphasises that in the foreseeable future, it will only be possible to obtain the energy required to produce hydrogen for use in, 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; _________________ 13 According 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.dustrial, heating or transport applications through the consistent use of fossil fuels;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle prevails and that direct electrification, where possible, is naturally the preferable option for decarbonisation as it is more cost- and energy-efficient than the use of clean hydrogen;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 100 #
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 classification proposed by the Commission; notes that avoiding two names for the same category, such as ʻrenewableʼ and ʻcleanʼ hydrogen, could further clarify that classificationproposes to the Commission the following categorisation for hydrogen as a basis for distinguishing between production processes: - obtained from renewable energies, - obtained from fossil fuels, - obtained from nuclear energy; stresses that the desire for rapid availability of large quantities of hydrogen is in conflict with the associated cost-related and environmental problems and the dogmatic non-use of fossil fuels;
Amendment 113 #
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 electricity; believes that clean hydrogen should be determined according to an independent, science-based review of its lifecycle emissions; believes that there is a need for European safety and technical standards for hydrogen; calls on the Commission to provide a regulatory framework as early as possible in 2021;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is strongly convinced that public acceptance is key to the successful creation of a hydrogen economy; stresses, therefore, the importance of public and stakeholder involvement and European safety and technical standards for hydrogen, and high-quality hydrogen solutions respecting those standardseconomy, efficiency and baseload capacity are key to every energy system;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that for a functioning and predictable internal hydrogen market, regulatory barriers need to be overcome and a coherent and comprehensive regulatory framework created; believes that the gas market regulatory framework and the Clean Energy Package could serve as blueprints for that purposeStresses that baseload-capable, efficient, economically viable and sustainable power generation does not require additional market incentives in the form of tax-funded subsidies;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that a cleann efficient use of hydrogen economy requires significant additional amounts of affordable renewable energy and the corresponding infrastructure; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in this regard and to abolish taxes and levies on renewable electricityenergy, which must logically be produced mainly using fossil fuels and which requires the corresponding infrastructure;
Amendment 205 #
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; _________________ 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.ncourages the Commission and the Member States to provide advice to industry on hydrogen projects carried out within the context of infrastructure development;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the CommPoints out that hydrogen is sion 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 transmissiognificantly more volatile and requires significantly higher pressure than natural gas; states that existing gas pipelines are unsuitable for pure hydrogen and would have to be upgraded and relaid at great cost; therefore also stresses that entire sealing and valve systems would have to be replaced and new compressor stations would have to be built; consequently notes that existing natural gas pipelines are not suitable for transporting pure hydrogen;
Amendment 257 #
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; 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 hydrogenon a free market, demand and supply determine the price; therefore stresses that a planned increase in hydrogen demand should be rejected;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of research, development and innovation along the whole value chain and of demonstration projects on an industrial scale in order to make clean hydrogen competitive; believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importancsafe, efficient and competitive;
Amendment 300 #
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 and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a cleanuse hydrogen economy; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for clean hydrogenmpetitively;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the importing of clean hydrogen may become necessary to cater to European demand; calls on the Commission to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regionskes no sense from an energy- policy or economic perspective, as, compared with natural gas, extremely volatile hydrogen gas has a significantly lower energy density; stresses that hydrogen would have to be liquefied for transport, which would result in additional energy losses of 35 %; notes that, consequently, its transport is currently completely uneconomical;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for an integrated energy system in order to achieve climatand safeguard the eneutrargy-politcy by 2050objectives of security of supply and grid stability; believes that the integration of the electricity, gas and hydrogen grid is beneficial for a well-functioning hydrogen and energy market; welcomes the inclusion of hydrogen in the Commission’s Strategy for Energy System Integration; believes that clean hydrogen can play a key role in terms of energy storage to balance intermittent renewable energy supply and demand;