15 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 38 #
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 integration; whereas hydrogen can be used for industrial, transport and heating applications, decarbonising sectors in which direct electrification is nottechnically possible or competitive, as well as for energy storage to balance the energy system, thereby playing a significant role in energy system integration;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the term “clean hydrogen” is referred to in the Commission communication of 8 July 2020 entitled ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’ with a different meaning than in the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance mission;
Amendment 106 #
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 ʻcthe discrepancy between that classification and the one of the Cleanʼ h Hydrogen, could further clarify that classification Alliance should be avoided ;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the urgent need for European standardsand international standards, methodology, certification and labelling systems, such as sustainability criteria, 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; calls on the Commission to provide a regulatory framework as early as possible in 2021;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that hydrogen storage might be subject to conflicting regulatory regimes, namely those on gas and electricity storage, and therefore highlights the need to clarify this aspect in the relevant legislation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, in order to build up a sustainable hydrogen economy fast enough to reach our climate goals, low-carbon hydrogen canwill play a transitional role; calls on the Commission to assess for how long and how much of this hydrogen would be needed approximately for decarbonisation purposes until solely clean hydrogen can play this role;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that a clean 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, notably by simplifying the permitting procedures, and to abolish taxes and levies that are a barrier to further deployment of renewable electricity;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls the potential that brownfield sites can have with providing space for renewable energy production, in particular for solar photovoltaics, thus becoming areas of opportunity that deliver useful services for society;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production and, storage, transport and distribution 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; _________________ 15OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of repurposing existing gas pipelinessupporting the repurposing and retrofitting of existing gas pipelines, or parts thereof, where needed, for the transport of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission, thus avoiding the construction of new infrastructure;
Amendment 265 #
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 and targets 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;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of research, development and innovation in new technologies along the whole value chain and of demonstration projects on an industrial scale and market uptake thereof in order to make clean hydrogen competitive; believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance and the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) as important means to enhance investment in clean hydrogen and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make full use of those instruments; encourages the Alliance to come up with an investment agenda and a project pipeline that can ensure the implementation of the hydrogen goals set by the Commission as soon as possible; welcomes the Commission’s plan to revise the State aid guidelines to include clean hydrogen;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the importing of clean hydrogen may become necessary to cater to European demand on top of a strong, reliable internal market; calls on the Commission to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regionsand to favour inter- connectivity with neighbouring regions, such as Africa, Middle East and the Eastern Partnership;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is convinced that the EU should try to promote its standards and sustainability criteria on hydrogen internationally and thus make hydrogen a part of its international cooperation;