Activities of Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI related to 2020/2242(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Strategy for Hydrogen
Amendments (31)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU’s energy system should be economically competitive and environmentally sustainable and pursued technological directions should be based on proven business cases, so that their costs would not jeopardise competitiveness of European industries nor welfare of citizens;
Amendment 51 #
Cb. whereas hydrogen world production (120 Mt) comes both from being a by-product in refining and chemical industries (70Mt) and from dedicated installations (50Mt); whereas demand for hydrogen is almost entirely supplied from fossil fuels, with 6% of global natural gas and 2% of global coal going to hydrogen production; whereas less than 0.1% of global dedicated hydrogen production today comes from water electrolysis, and within the EU the currently operating electrolysis produce less than 4% of total hydrogen production;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas total hydrogen production capacity in Europe at the end of 2018 has been estimated at 11,5Mt per year: Germany: 2,44Mt, the Netherlands: 1,5Mt, Poland 1,25Mt, and the total installed capacity of electrolysers in Europe is around 1 GW, which would amount to around 1,4% of total hydrogen production capacity;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the total share of hydrogen production from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (blue hydrogen) in European hydrogen production capacity is around 0,7%;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintain and further develop European technological leadership in clean and low-carbon hydrogen13 through a competitive and sustainable hydrogen economy with an integrated hydrogen market while respecting the principle of technological neutrality; emphasises the necessity of a European hydrogen strategy that covers the whole hydrogen value chain, including the demand and supply sectors, and is coordinated with national efforts to bring down the costs of clean and low-carbon 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. ʻLow-carbon' hydrogen 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 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle prevails and that while direct electrification, where possible, is the preferable option for decarbonisation as it is more cost- and energy-efficient than the use of clean hydrogentechnically possible and more cost and energy efficient, is an option for emission reduction, it should not overshadow the benefits from carbon abatement options based on complementary fuels; points out that when estimating electrification costs, necessary investments in grids and flexible assets should be taken into account;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that only cleaclean and low- carbon hydrogen isare sustainably contributing to achieving climate neutrality in the long term; stresses that no specific technology of their production should be a priori singled out on the grounds other than their potential for emission reduction in the end use; expresses concern that the Communication did not address the issue of nuclear hydrogen production technologies and urge it to include current and projected costs of nuclear hydrogen in the design and trajectory of the hydrogen strategy;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the ambitious assumptions presented by the Commission regarding future cost-compatibility of clean hydrogen; points out however that different cost studies on renewable electricity technologies vary significantly in their estimations and there are large discrepancies in forecasts on hydrogen future levelised costs;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the European policy for development of the hydrogen economy cannot put Member States before the choice of either having more renewables- based energy in grids or to use this energy for clean hydrogen production; rejects in this respect the idea of introducing minimum shares or quotas for clean hydrogen as its consequences would be contrary to the pursued climate goals;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Acknowledges the Communication’s statement that the transition to a climate neutral energy system integration should be planned carefully, taking into account today’s starting points and infrastructure that may differ across Member States and that hydrogen ecosystem requires different policy solutions across sectors and across regions; regrets, however, that the Communication lacks further development of these assumptions and asks the Commission to provide more information of planned differentiation and flexibility of support measures;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Asks the Commission to provide an impact analysis per Member State, including on energy security of national systems, energy costs as well as social and industrial costs of hydrogen market transformation ahead of any legislative proposal in that field;
Amendment 112 #
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 electricityclean and low-carbon hydrogen; believes that clean and low-carbon hydrogen should be determinclassified 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, and stresses that the above standardisation system needs to be based on a holistic approach and to necessarily cover imported hydrogen;
Amendment 134 #
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 and to make them technologically mature and competitive with fossil-based and low-carbon hydrogen; 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 and low- carbon hydrogen; stresses that low-carbon hydrogen will play an important role in energy carriers switch fossil-based and low-carbon hydrogen14 ; _________________ 14According to the Commission, ʻlow- carboin the mid-term perspective and enable the effective scaling up of the clean hydrogenʼ; encomphasises fossil- based hydrogen with carbon capturthat Member States should keep flexibility in designing support measures, including state anid electricity-based hydrogen, with significantly reduced full life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to existing hydrogen producmeasures, for development of their national hydrogen economies in a technology neutral way reflecting the sectoral composition of their economies, energy mix and geographical condition.s;
Amendment 164 #
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 can play an essential 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 189 #
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 renewable electricity;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that when planning support schemes for hydrogen roll-out, it is necessary to draw a lesson from the past RES support schemes which - being poorly designed - led to market distortions caused by overcompensation of renewable technologies;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Highlights that effective support measures should be directed to decarbonisation of existing grey fossil- based hydrogen production; notes that a number of production sites are located in the just transition territories and that fossil-based hydrogen is also made as a by-product of a coking coal production (a critical raw material of the EU); urges that support measures aimed at the development of European hydrogen economy should not lead to closure of these production sites, but to their modernisation and further development, thus benefiting the regions by ensuring locally produced sustainable energy carrier, facilitating GHG emissions reduction and contributing to reskilling and further employability of the local workforce;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production and transport, transport, distribution and storage 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 planningrogressive conversion of distribution grids and planning of and ensuring adequate financial support for development of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertaken; _________________ 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the importance of cross-border cooperation between regions and Member States in the area of clean and low-carbon hydrogen in order to support projects that would enhance security of supply by building necessary cross-border infrastructure;
Amendment 237 #
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 ofand retrofitting existing gas infrastructure for the transport, distribution and storage of hydrogen and natural gas blends and pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission; and distribution;
Amendment 256 #
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,, the demand for clean hydrogen as such 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 hydrogenemphasises that a wide range of support schemes tailored to individual circumstances of Members States, such as carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ), are necessary to promote production and marketing of hydrogen; emphasises in this regard the importance of market-based solutions for creating a market and a level playing field for different technologies with a focus on cost-effective reduction of GHG as well as resilience and competitiveness of the EU economy; stresses that the development of a hydrogen market should be implemented in coherence with other goals and objectives of the Union and cautions the Commission that the establishment of minimum shares or quotas for a specific type of hydrogen would collide with implementation of other climate policies, such as progress on renewable energy targets; stresses that imposing minimum shares or quotas would also result in distorting internal energy market, increasing costs of energy supply for regions in transition as well as their dependence on foreign suppliers;
Amendment 295 #
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 and low-carbon hydrogen competitive; believes that involving SMEsthe industry and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that different carbon dioxide-free hydrogen production options should be equality explored and further supported; draws attention to a recent breakthrough on hydrogen production via pyrolysis that while produced without emissions leaves a solid carbon - considered as a valuable raw material - as its by-product;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment are needed to make clean and low-carbon 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 clean hydrogen economy, Recovery and Resilience Fund, Just Transition Fund, the ERDF and Cohesion Fund and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in cohesive development of hydrogen economy across the Union; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for clean and low- carbon hydrogen;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to include manufacturing, transportation and storage of both clean and low-carbon hydrogen (as well as blends with natural gas) into the upcoming Delegated Acts on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation stemming from the Regulation (2020/852) on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment;
Amendment 323 #
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 and low-carbon hydrogen; 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 hydrogenand insists that they should include hydrogen and measures for its rapid market uptake, inclusive of those enabling blending with natural gas;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the importing of clean hydrogen as well as RES-based electricity for the purpose of clean hydrogen production may become necessary to cater to European demand; calls on the Commission to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regions, while taking into duly consideration energy security of the EU and its Member States, as well as environmental standards of the EU external partners;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the divergent hydrogen strategies established by the Member States; notes that some countries aim to produce an important part of their hydrogen domestically, while other countries are banking on hydrogen production in the European neighbourhood; notes in this context plans to produce hydrogen from nuclear power as part of Ukraine’s broader shift toward more sustainable energy sources and its expressed interest in a hydrogen partnership with the EU;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Emphasises that international cooperation in the field of low-carbon hydrogen with third countries, that is established on the basis of mutually respected rules and principles based on the EU internal gas market legislation, i.e. with the UK, EEA, Energy Community and the US, should be further developed in order to strengthen the internal market and energy security, provided that the third country is not subject to any EU restrictive measures, such as economic sanctions;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for an integrated energy system in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050; 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 and low-carbon hydrogen can play a key role in terms of energy storage to balance intermittent renewable energy supply and demand;