9 Amendments of Ivo HRISTOV related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy requires a clean and just energy transition that addresses energy poverty across the EU, ensures sustainability, security of supply and affordability of energy;
Amendment 137 #
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 remove existing administrative burden and to incentivise the value chain and market uptake of clean hydrogen by providing a financial stimulus and dedicated funding schemes at national level 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 182 #
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 necessary to transport renewable energy to hydrogen production sites, or the produced hydrogen to the end users, depending on the cost analysis; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in this regard to develop cross-border partnership based on the opportunities of different regions to produce renewable energy and clean hydrogen, as well as to abolish taxes and levies on renewable electricity;
Amendment 215 #
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 in parallel to the concentration on industrial clusters in the first phase, the planning and 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 261 #
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, demand for clean hydrogen 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, taking into account the regional differences in respect to initial hydrogen deployment, technology readiness, climate opportunities and maturity of research infrastructure; 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 hydrogen;
Amendment 292 #
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, while ensuring geographical balance with special focus on carbon-intensive regions, in order to make clean hydrogen competitive; believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge and skills about hydrogen in all member states are of the utmost importance;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment are 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 affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for clean hydrogen that takes into account the different starting points of all member states;
Amendment 324 #
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 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 hydrogen; welcomes the revision of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive where hydrogen and hydrogen refuelling stations should be made compulsory;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the importing of clean hydrogen may become necessary to cater to European demand; underlines the importance of cross-border cooperation aiming at ensuring the proper value chain from the renewable energy source to the final application of the produced hydrogen; calls on the Commission to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with neighbouring regions;