10 Amendments of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2020/2242(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
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 hydrogen and low-carbon hydrogen, since this constitutes the basis for any future investments;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas if hydrogen can-technology can be developed and commercially deployed at scale, it could be used for industrial, transport and heating applications, decarbonising sectors in which direct electrification is not possible or competitive, as well as for energy storage to balance the energy system, thereby playing a significant role in energy system integration;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
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 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
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 and provided that the technology is mature enough and that it is economically viable in terms of cost/efficiency;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
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 for inter- connectivity within Europe and together with neighbouring countries, taking into account the fact that new partnerships, especially those with Africa and the Mediterranean countries, are a win-win business opportunity, since they support the development of the renewable and hydrogen energy industries on both sides;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the regulation of trans- European energy networks to be revised to support the development of networks and interconnection projects focused on hydrogen; stresses, in this regard, the need to incorporate a long-term vision for the development of hydrogen infrastructure in Europe;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises the need to revise the energy taxation directive in order to reduce the costs of hydrogen production and to benefit the sectors that contribute most to decarbonisation;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that the goal of producing 1 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen in the EU by 2024 can only be achieved if the Commission succeeds in harmonising the different legislative provisions affecting the industrial sector, in particular the energy sector;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that subsidies to support certain technologies are not effective and unnecessarily costly; believes that technological bias must be rejected in principle because, at this point in time, we cannot be sure how far other technologies will be able to achieve more cost-effective emissions reductions in the future; believes that public money should only be used to support basic research which would not otherwise be undertaken in the private sector; stresses that more far- reaching subsidies should be rejected as they harbour the risk that projects will only be planned in order to obtain support funds and then discontinued due to the lack of a viable business mode;