Activities of Paolo BORCHIA related to 2020/2241(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European strategy for energy system integration – A European strategy for hydrogen (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European strategy for energy system integration
Amendments (29)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on a comprehensive European approach to energy storage,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Parliament has endorsedvoted by a majority of its Members the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, while co-legislators have decided for lower targets and further negotiations are foreseen;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas energy system integration means the coordinated planning and operation of all types of energy, all energy carriers and infrastructure connected to all final consumers, also by taking into consideration the existing structures, their limits and potential;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas energy system integration can keep costs for European authorities and European citizens within realistic and acceptffordable limits;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the direction set out by the Commission in its Communication on a strategy for energy system integration; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that it is implemented rapidly in a spirit of solidarity; encourages the private sector to contribute to its successadequately in time and effectively in a spirit of cooperation; considers the private sector as an important actor to ensure its effective implementation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that such a strategy can help the Union achieve its climate goals while maintainensuring energy accessibility and security of supply through than effective development of an efficient, integrated, resilient, smart and decarbonised systemflexible and smart system with the aim of reaching gradually the decarbonisation targets;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its support for the energy efficiency first principle and recalls that the most sustainable energy is energy whigenerated, as much ias not consumedpossible, from sustainable sources;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the importance of a technology-neutral approach that ensures that all cost-effective and energy-efficient options are made available to achieve climate neutrality in 2050 and a just transition in the EU;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the insufficient progress made by Member StatesNotes that not all Member States have reached the Energy Efficiency targets for 2020, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitiousdesign a more effective set of targets, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomencourages, in this regard, an effective and flexible application of the renovation wave strategy in each Member State;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centresstablish a comprehensive terminology and certification system in a single legislative instrument that covers both renewable and low-carbon fuels, based on full life-cycle GHG emission savings across the entire value chain; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of waste, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; recognises the potential key role of refineries in a circular energy system, for their capability to recycle biological waste and residues from agriculture, food and forestry into fuels and other products; recognises low-carbon liquid fuels (based on e.g. hydrogen and captured CO2 or biomass and waste) as a central part of the solution to help reaching climate neutrality; draws attention to the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the energy transition will require between EUR 520 and 575 billion in annual electricity and gas infrastructure investment; calls on the Commission torecalls that the use of the existing gas infrastructure in combination with renewable and low- carbon gases will avoid unnecessary investments on the electricity side while simultaneously implementing the EU decarbonising targets; calls on the Commission to conduct a comparative analysis of costs and benefits and develop sustainable investment criteria which are fully in line with the climate and integration goals;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of assessing ex-ante and anticipating the need for new energy production, transmission, distribution, storage and conversion infrastructure in order to optimise its use in a climate- neutral economy and to ensure its economic viability;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the mass deployment of renewable and delow-carbonised energy; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious target energy with a technology-neutral and cost-efficient approach; believes that a common European terminology for renewable and low-carbon gases is of utmost importance; encourages the Commission to implement a set of technology-neutral targets for renewable and low-carbon gases in order to increase the share of such energy in electricity generation, heavy industry, transport, construction, heating and cooling; calls for ensuring that such targets are based on thorough impact assessments to ensure sustainability for Member States;
Amendment 154 #
10. Welcomes the adoption of the European Hydrogen Strategy; is convinced that renewable and delow-carbonised hydrogen can help reduce persistent emissions from industrial processes and heavy transport which cannot be decarbonised through the use of zero-carbon electricity; recalls also the need to decarbonise existing hydrogen production; recalls that blending of hydrogen in the natural gas infrastructure will enable decentralised renewable hydrogen production in local networks in a transitional phase; encourages the integration of hydrogen infrastructure planning in the TEN-E and TYNDP frameworks;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to extendconsider the revision of the obligation laid down in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 for Member States to issue guarantees of origin for low- and zero- carbon gases and for renewablescarbon and bio-gases, including associated GHG and sustainability criteria;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to accelerate research and development on technologies for CO2 capture, storage and reuse; in order to implement a cost-efficient energy transition; calls on the Commission to overcome regulatory barriers for the up- taking of these technologies; notes that gas infrastructures can act as a conduit for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) applications; call on the Commission to establish an annual European CCUS Forum at the latest in 2021 to further study options aimed at fostering CCS/CCUS projects in Europe; acknowledges refineries as potential energy hubs within industrial clusters, considering that refineries are often integrated with (petro) chemicals plants and that they are already energy hubs and materials hubs, and considering that they produce and store energy with the potential to expand this role substantially;
Amendment 186 #
13. Calls on the Commission to propose ambitiousrealistic targets for the decarbonisation of road, maritime, rail and air transport by providing concrete and differentiated development plans for the short, medium and long terms; welcomes the Commission’s announcement of the deployment of one million charging points for electric vehicles; stresses the need to adapt the electrification networks for Europe’s vehicle fleet; reminds the important decarbonisation role of renewable and low-carbon gases, such as hydrogen, LNG, bio LNG, synthetic LNG and CNG, in heavy-duty road transport, as well as maritime and aviation;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that maintaining the balance of electricity grids and managing demand and production peaks will be more complex with an increasingly decentralised and renewable generation mix and underlines the importance of the deployment of smart grids to cope with this transformation; recalls that Member States remain free to determine their energy mix, the diversity of which is fundamental to ensuring security of supply;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need to reduce regulatory barriers, improve access to capital and further support energy storage projects along transmission and distribution networks and at consumption sites; for retrofitting, repurposing, or developing new infrastructures and further support underground gas and hydrogen storage projects along transmission and distribution networks and at consumption sites to manage system-balancing needs on short-term and seasonal timescales, in a cost-efficient way;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the role that green hydrogen can play in balancing grids by using any surplus renewable electricity production through the use of existing gas infrastructure (transmission and storage);
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the importance of interconnectors and cooperation between network operators; welcomes the establishment of regional coordination centres for the electricity network under Regulation (EU) 2019/943;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission to further explore the potential of technologies to convert energies such as Power-to-Gas; calls on the Commission to establish a framework enabling network operators to invest and operate Power-to- Gas assets according to the principles of third party access;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the primaryone of the most important objective of Union action in the field of energy is to ensure the proper functioning of the market; calls on the Commission to propose the necessary legislative changes to ensure equal rightaccess opportunities for all consumers and undistorted price signals reflecting the real cost of energy and its contribution to the process of decarbonisation of the economy; welcomes the initiative to revise Directive 2003/96/EC;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is convinced of the need to encourageEncourages incentive programs for energy consumers to become more proactive; calls on the Commission to assess the remaining barriers to self- consumption, especially for industrial consum and to design a plan to make it more attractive for the end-users;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates the potential of energy communities and micro grids to develop access to more sustainable energy, especially for remote areas, islands and the outermost regionfoster a more financially and environmentally sustainable access to energy; calls on the Commission to facilitate the effective creation and improvement of energy communities by providing European citizens and local institution with streamlined red tape, specific skills and monetary incentives;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that one of the objectives of the Energy Union is to reduce our import dependencyensure energy security; believes that the import of renewable and low-carbon gases via pipelines or European import terminals will be needed to cater to European demand in addition to domestic production; considers that the creation of synergies can help achieve this objective;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of increasing the competitiveness of European technologies to ensure the autonomy of the Union in the strategic energy sector; calls on the Commission to overcome regulatory barriers and enable gas infrastructure operators to play an active role in the decarbonisation process; calls on the Commission to support research and innovation through the various structural and sectoral funds; recalls the Union’s global leadership in satellite emission measurement technologies;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken for strategic value chains; calls for the establishment of an alliance for delow- carbonised energy technologies; calls on the Commission to encourage the participation of SMEs in these alliances recognizing they are the backbone of European industrial economy and in order to involve more Member States;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Underlines the potential for job creation of a renewable and low-carbon gas energy market;