6 Amendments of Danilo Oscar LANCINI related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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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 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, 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; underlines that stable and predictable policy and legislative framework are needed in order to make the necessary future investments;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
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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;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
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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 possible; measures to enable the blending of natural gas and H2 in the gas network should be considered as an enabling intermediate step on the road to 2050, facilitating the rapid development of H2 production capacity in the most suitable areas, at scale and with no significant infrastructure costs;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
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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; asks that sufficiently strong signals, both at demand, including specific end-use sectors, and GHG emission levels, are put in place to allow the sector to quickly scale up, so that H2 can becomes competitive in the very short term;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses that hydrogen’s high demand for cost-competitive renewable energy will exceed Europe’s potential; calls, therefore, for the establishment of new energy partnerships and, in the longer term, for inter- connectivity with neighbouring countries, taking into account the fact that new partnerships, especially those with Africa, are a win-win business opportunity, since they support the development of the renewable and hydrogen energy industries on both sides; underlines that European energy security must always be guaranteed;
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion
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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; notes that, in order to build up a sustainable hydrogen economy, carbon capture and storage cannot be considered only as transitional activities but as sustainable activities enabling the achievements of climate objectives;