10 Amendments of Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 23 #
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1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to establish the European Union as a standard-setting and world-leading region for clean hydrogen; stresses that clean hydrogen is an important tool to decarbonise the energy system and to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement; notes that an ambitious strategy can generate up to 1 million jobs and EUR 150 billion in annual revenue by 2030, while reducing annual CO2 emissions by roughly 560 Mt by 2050; calls, therefore,address hard-to-decarbonize sectors, such as heavy industry, aviation and international shipping and to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement; calls on the Commission to present in the first half of 2021 a clear definition of renewable hydrogen in line with the (outstanding) delegated act under Article 27 of Directive 2018/2001; considers that this definition should cover clean hydrogen used in any sector; further calls on the Commission to introduce a comprehensive terminology and criteria for the certification of renewable and low- carbon hydrogen, since this constitutes the basis for any future investments;
Amendment 24 #
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1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to establish the European Union as a standard-setting and world-leading region for hydrogen; stresses that renewable hydrogen is an important tool to decarbonise the energy system and industry to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement; notes that an ambitious strategy can generate up to 1 million jobs and EUR 150 billion in annual revenue by 2030, while reducing annual CO2 emissions by roughly 560 Mt by 2050; calls, therefore, on the Commission to introduce a comprehensive terminology and criteria for the certification of renewable and low-carbonfossil based hydrogen, since this constitutes the basis for any future investments;
Amendment 43 #
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2. Notes that hydrogen may be produced through a variety of processes; stresses the importance of a clear commitment to the transition to renewable and ultra-low-carbon hydrogen production to achieve the Union’s 2050 climate neutrality target, while ensuring technological neutrality; points out that during a transitional period, incentives will be required to scale-up renewable and ultra-low-carbon hydrogen in industry and the transport sector, building on the established Emission Trading System (ETS) framework; notes in this context the need to ensure that allocation of free allowances for hydrogen production under the ETS does not disincentivize a switch to renewable hydrogen;
Amendment 50 #
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2. Notes that hydrogen may be produced through a variety of processes; stresses the importance of a clear commitment to the transition to renewable and ultra-low-carbon hydrogen production to achieve the Union’s 2050 climate neutrality target, while ensuring technological neutrality; points out that during a transitional period, incentives will be required to scale-up renewable and ultra-low-carbon hydrogen in industry and the transport sector, building on the established Emission Trading System (ETS) framework a clear focus of a just transition for workers and apriority for the Energy Efficiency first principle and electrification first will be key while a lock-in to fossil-based hydrogen should be avoided;
Amendment 78 #
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3. Underlines that hydrogen, as an energy carrier, is a key enabler of the renewable energy transition, as it can stabilise and balance the electricity network and decarbonise heat production, which would be hugely beneficial for low- emission buildings; asks, therefore, the Commission to update and harmonise regulations on hydrogen blending in the short term and support the retrofitting of existing and developing missing networks to replace gas with hydrogen in the medium term, wherever possiblein addition to decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, can provide storage and contribute to and balance the electricity network; asks, therefore, the Commission to, where relevant, support the retrofitting of existing and developing missing networks to replace gas with hydrogen in the medium term; notes that the application of hydrogen will be both different and significantly smaller in scale than current natural gas consumption; asks the Commission, ENTSOs and ACER to take this into account when developing and accessing infrastructure development plans;
Amendment 82 #
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3. Underlines that hydrogen, as an energy carrier, iscan be a key enabler of the renewable energy transition, as it can stabilise and balance the electricity network and decarbonise heat production, which would be hugely beneficial for low- emission buildings; asks, therefore; asks, however, the Commission to update and harmonise regulations onensure that hydrogen blending in the short termdoes not lead to a lock-in of fossil gas mixed hydrogen and support the retrofitting of existing and developing missing networks to replace gas with hydrogen in the medium term, wherever possibleile avoiding the high risk of the creation of further stranded gas grid assets;
Amendment 113 #
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4. Stresses the potential of hydrogen to decarbonise energy intensive industries and its importance as an industrial feedstock; notes, however, that up to 95 % of hydrogen used in industry today is fossil-based; calls, therefore, for the significant scaling up of research and investments in renewable hydrogen applications in industry and for State aid rules to allow for targeted support, calls for a detailed plan to move from fossil fuels to renewable hydrogen without further locking in dependence on fossil-based hydrogen;;
Amendment 146 #
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5. Stresses that hydrogen’s high demand for cost-competitive renewable energy will exceed Europe’s potentialdemand for renewable hydrogen may in time be sourced cost- efficiently outside Europe; calls, therefore, for the establishment of new energy partnerships and for, where relevant, inter- connectivity with neighbouring countries, taking into account the fact that new partnerships, especiallywhile carefully addressing local economic, social and environmental interests and concerns as well as decarbonisation objectives of thoese with Africa, acountries to ensure a win-win business opportunity, since they and support the development of the renewable and hydrogen energy industries on both sides;
Amendment 171 #
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6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the development of renewable hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and hydrogen compatible infrastructures a key spending priority under the Recovery and Resilience Plans, Just Transition Plans, InvestEU, Horizon Europe, TEN-E and TEN-T, and the ETS Innovation Fund; underlines in this context the importance of applying the efficiency first principle to ensure that infrastructure build-out supports the most cost-efficient decarbonisation paths;
Amendment 181 #
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6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the development of 100 %renewable hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and hydrogen compatible infrastructures a keyfor renewable hydrogen only and to the limited extent needed, a spending priority under the Recovery and Resilience Plans, Just Transition Plans, InvestEU, Horizon Europe, TEN-E and TEN-T, and the ETS Innovation Fund;