24 Amendments of François-Xavier BELLAMY related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the definition of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen should be based on the clear criterion of the level of CO2 emissions throughout its production process and its entire lifecycle;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the principle of additionality as framed in article 27 of the Renewable Energy Directive poses major risks to hydrogen investments and hydrogen uptake;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintain and further develop European technological leadership in clearenewable and low-carbon hydrogen13 through a competitive and sustainable hydrogen economy with an integrated hydrogen market; 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 clearenewable and low-carbon hydrogen; welcomes, therefore, the hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe proposed by the Commission and the national strategies and investment plans for hydrogen of several member states; urges the Commission to streamline its approach on hydrogen with the industrial strategy and make it part of a coherent industrial policy; _________________ 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.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that only clearenewable and low carbon hydrogen is sustainably contributing to achieving climate neutrality in the long term; stresses that low-carbon hydrogen will play an important role by significantly contributing to the reduction of emissions in the short and medium term and to the development of an EU hydrogen economy by scaling-up the market;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges the need of a regulatory framework in full respect of the proportionality, subsidiarity, and better regulation principles, emphasising the SME-Test;
Amendment 99 #
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 bypoints out that rapid agreement on a comprehensive and science-based uniform EU-wide terminology for renewable and low carbon hydrogen is necessary to adapt national legal definitions and to provide a clear classification which brings with it legal certainty; stresses that this classification should be based on the carbon content of hydrogen and stepping away from the Ccommissiononly used colour-based approach; notes that avoiding two names for the same category, such as ʻrenewableʼ and ʻcleanʼ hydrogen, could further clarify that classification;
Amendment 101 #
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 ʻcleanʼ hydrogen, could further clarify that classification; believes that the relevant classification of hydrogen should only be based on its carbon content over its entire lifecycle, and its contribution to reaching the climate neutrality objective set in the European Green Deal;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the urgent need for European standards, certification and labelling systems for clean hydrogen and a system of guarantees of origin for renewablehydrogen and electricity; believes that clean hydrogen production should be determinclassified according to an independent, science- based review, well-to-wheels assessment of its lifecycle emissions; calls on the Commission to provide a regulatory framework as early as possible in 2021technology- neutral emissions threshold standard for hydrogen and a regulatory framework that ensures guarantees of origin, tradability across member states and is consistent with the ETS as early as possible in 2021; stresses that one core criterion for the standards, certification and labelling systems should be the carbon content rather than the production method in order to respect technology neutrality;
Amendment 140 #
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; 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 with fossil-basedrenewable and low- carbon hydrogen14 ; _________________ 14According to the Commission, ʻlow- carbon hydrogenʼ 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. in order to make it technologically mature and competitive;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that low-carbon hydrogen in combination with carbon capture and storage/utilisation would be needed in view of creating a sustainable hydrogen economy and reaching EU climate goals; calls, therefore, on the Commission to assess carefully the EU hydrogen needs in the upcoming years and what energy sources, including nuclear, can contribute to filling the need in order to fulfil the 2050 climate neutrality objectives, taking into account EU energy security considerations;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the competitiveness of hydrogen produced by electrolyser requires both high load factors for the electrolysers and an access to low carbon electricity at competitive cost; underlines, in that regard, that all low carbon sources of electricity should be considered to meet the goals set by the European Commission;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that hydrogen technology exists in industrial, chemical and health applications since more than forty years;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Notes that, in the context of decarbonisation, hydrogen offers solutions through two main properties, as a storage tool and as a fuel; stresses that these applications are different in terms of quality, volume, pressure, transportation etc., and that this implies specific regulations according to their final use; highlights that an ambitious strategy for energy storage through hydrogen in innovative industrial and mobility solutions is required in priority;
Amendment 147 #
7d. Recalls that nuclear energy is the non intermittent source of electricity which offers the lowest carbonised solutions for a long term industrial production of hydrogen;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges that nuclear is the largest non-weather dependent source of low-carbon electricity that can be used to produce large amounts of low-carbon hydrogen through electrolysis; recognises that a single 1,000 megawatt nuclear reactor could produce more than 200,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen each year in the most economical way;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production and transport 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; calls on the Commission to carry out a science-based and neutral assessment of infrastructure deployment and conversion needs, taking into account overall system integration and long-term cost-efficiency with a step by step approach; _________________ 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.
Amendment 235 #
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 of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission, taking into account gas demand evolution on the long term, hydrogen consumers specific needs, and overall system costs;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that, on the user side, the Commission should focus on sectors with a solvency for the unique properties of hydrogen and where cheaper alternatives such as electrification or renewable biofuels are not an option; believes that emission-free steel production is a good example where initiatives for industrial clusters around electrification and hydrogen are well justified;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Underlines the need to design a market providing clean and low-carbon hydrogen as climate protection option to all businesses and in particular SMEs; calls on the Commission to estimate the amount of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen needed to help industrial SMEs to decarbonise their production processes and energy supply;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Emphasises that Europe is leading in the manufacturing of electrolysers and needs to maintain and advance this competitive edge; stresses that European RDI efforts in hydrogen should focus on a wide range of hydrogen technologies focusing on raising technology readiness levels;
Amendment 319 #
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 clearenewable and low-carbon hydrogen; encourages the Alliance to come up with an investment agenda and a project pipeline in cooperation with the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking 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 cfor environmental protection and energy to better enable renewable and low-carbon hydrogen; encourages Member States, the Commission and the economic operators to rapidly unlock the potential of IPCEIs to support transport and energy projects of relevan hydrogence for the European economy and with positive spillover effects;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the work of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU); asks the Commission to use it as a competence centre for clean hydrogenWelcomes the renewal of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) under Horizon Europe and calls for an increase of its budget compared to Horizon 2020; stresses the importance of the work of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU); asks the Commission to use it as a competence centre for renewable and low- carbon hydrogen; calls on the Commission to make use of the experiences gained in the Joint Undertakings, especially on Hydrogen fuel cells, and to incentivise further research into these technologies; calls on the future Clean Hydrogen for Europe Partnership to further explore and analyse the potential for hydrogen and fuel cells in buildings and data centres;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines that, in order to avoid any carbon leakage, all hydrogen imports should be certified as renewable and low carbon on all lifecycle, including production and transportation, and should be consistent with the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism of the European Union;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is convinced that the EU should try to promote its standards on hydrogen internationally to improve the Union's strategic autonomy and thus make hydrogen a part of its international cooperation;