26 Amendments of Mauri PEKKARINEN related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas hydrogen today represents around 2% of EU’s energy mix, of which 95% is produced by fossil fuels, releasing 70 - 100 million tonnes of CO2 annually;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintain and further develop European technological leadership in cleanrenewable 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; _________________ 13According 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 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines thate importance of both the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle prevails and that direct electrification, where possible, is the preferable option for decarbonisation as it is more cost- and energy-efficient than the use of clean hydrogenand the ‘technology neutrality’ principle; recognises that hydrogen and direct electrification both present important pathways towards decarbonisation and that both are necessary for achieving climate-neutrality;
Amendment 90 #
3. Is convinced that only cleanrenewable hydrogen is key to Europe’s energy transition as it will sustainably contribute ing to achieving climate neutrality in the long term; recognises the transitional role low-carbon hydrogen will play for meeting the EU’s climate targets in 2030 and 2050;
Amendment 116 #
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 electricity; believes that clean hydroge, and preferably global, terminology, standards, labelling and certification for renewable and low- carbon hydrogen; believes that guarantees of origin should be determined according to an independent, science-based review of its greenhouse gas lifecycle emissions; calls on the Commission to provide a regulatory framework as early as possible in 2021;
Amendment 141 #
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 cleanrenewable hydrogen in order to make it technologically mature and competitive with fossil-based 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.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that for a functioning and predictable internal hydrogen market, regulatory barriers need to be overcome and a coherent and comprehensive regulatory framework createdshould be created swiftly; believes that the gas market regulatory framework and the Clean Energy Package could serve as blueprints for that purpose, while taking into account that the hydrogen market is not yet mature and needs to be scaled up;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to ensure a level playing field and to future-proof the regulatory framework for hydrogen in the upcoming revision of Directive 2018/2001 [REDII]; notes the inclusion of the production, transportation and storage of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and carbon capture and storage in the draft Delegated Act on the Taxonomy Regulation;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, in order to build up a sustainable hydrogen economy fast enough to reach ourthe EU's climate targets and environmental goals, low-carbon hydrogen canproduced by natural gas will play a transitional role; calls on the Commission to assess by when and for how long low- carbon hydrogen will be cost-competitive and how much of this hydrogen would beis needed approximately for decarbonisation purposes until solely cleanrenewable hydrogen can play this role; underlines that the Commission and Member States should be able to support carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and other low-carbon technologies for the rapid scaling up of the hydrogen production and the decarbonisation of the economy;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that a cleanthe realisation of the 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 electricitystrengthen financial incentives for renewable energy through, for example, carbon pricing and the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that renewable hydrogen can be produced from all sorts of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar photovoltaics, existing hydro power plants and pumped hydro storage; invites the Commission, in view of the recently published Offshore Strategy, to assess how offshore renewable energy sources could pave the way for the wider development and up take of renewable hydrogen;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production and, transport 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 planning of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertaken; _________________ 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that, besides the focus on industrial clusters, including ‘hydrogen valleys’, in the first phase, the planning and construction of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertaken; 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; urges the Commission to allow funding through the CEF and the TEN-E regulation for the realisation of the hydrogen infrastructure;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that, it is necessary to boost hydrogen demand in order to achieve a fast market uptake of clean hydrogen and to avoid carbon lock-ins, demand for clean hydrogen must increaserenewable hydrogen; 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; agrees with the Commission that the main lead markets for hydrogen demand are industry and heavy-duty transport; believes that for these sectors roadmaps for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level; agrees withwelcomes 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’s consideration of various options for incentives at the demand side;
Amendment 289 #
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 cleanrenewable hydrogen competitive; believes that involving SMEs and equipping wcalls on the Commission to stimulate research and innovation efforts for the implementation of large scale high impact projects, including under Horizon Europe, in orkders with adequate knowledge about to secure technology transfer across the entire hydrogen value chain; believes that involving SMEs and focusing on the upskilling and reskilling of the workforce in relation to hydrogen are of the utmost importance;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment ain re needed to make clean 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; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affectiwable and low- carbon hydrogen are needed to realise the hydrogen ambitions and to reach climate targets; highlights the need to incentivise investments in hydrogen production, including through streng these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investmentned carbon pricing and through the revision of relevant EU strategy for clean hydrogen aid rules;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU, the European Regional Development fund, the Cohesion fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Just Transition Fund, the strategic European Investment window, and the ETS Innovation Fund offer the financial potential to support investments in the green transition and have a key role to play in the realisation of the hydrogen economy; underlines the need to streamline the synergies between all available investment funds, horizontal programmes and financial instruments to ensure cooperation between public and private stakeholders in order to stimulate investments in a large range of projects;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for hydrogen and to include the role of SMEs in this strategy;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Emphasises that Europe is leading in the manufacturing of electrolysers and needs to maintain and advance this competitive edge; notes that Europe is currently behind in the development of other promising hydrogen technologies; believes that European research and development efforts in hydrogen should focus on a wide range of hydrogen technologies;
Amendment 325 #
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 crenewable an hydrogend low-carbon hydrogen; urges the Commission to accelerate the implementing work of the Alliance; 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 clearenewable and low-carbon hydrogen;
Amendment 338 #
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 hydrogen; highlights that this renewed partnership should bundle R&D activities across the value chain to ensure cost-efficient use of funding for hydrogen and better coordination;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the importing of cleanrenewable hydrogen may become necessary to csater toisfy European demand; calls on the Commission and Member States to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regions and to quickly develop strategic partnerships with countries throughout the world to safeguard Europe’s strategic interests, while ensuring fair competition between imported and locally produced renewable hydrogen and compliance with the EU’s sustainability ambitions, while taking into account environmental impacts in other regions as well; calls on the Commission and Member States to invest in the necessary new import infrastructure in ports and in cross border connections;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is convinced that the EU should try toUnderlines the importance of the development of international standards, including in relation to sustainability; considers international standards and guarantees of origin a prerequisite for a fair and open hydrogen market and the wide adoption of hydrogen technologies; is convinced that the EU should promote its standards on hydrogen internationally and thus make hydrogen a part of its international cooperation;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Emphasises the opportunity hydrogen presents to promote European industrial leadership and innovation on a global level while reinforcing the EU’s role as a global climate leader;
Amendment 381 #
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 grids 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 crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen canwill play a key role in terms ofdecarbonising hard- to-abate sectors and in energy storage to balance intermittent renewable energy supply and demand;