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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

2020/2242(INI)

11.12.2020

AMENDMENTS191 - 385Draft reportJens Geier(PE658.772v03-00)

A European Strategy for Hydrogen(2020/2242(INI))

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Amendment 191Bart Groothuis, Claudia Gamon, Mauri Pekkarinen, Susana Solís Pérez, Klemen Grošelj, Morten Petersen, Nicola Danti

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

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;

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Amendment 192Sara Skyttedal, Tomas Tobé, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Eva Maydell, François-Xavier Bellamy



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;

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Amendment 193

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Sven Schulze



10a. Stresses that electricity purchasing expenses are the cost driver of clean hydrogen production; against this background, calls on the Commission and the Member States to exempt the electricity used in electrolysis from taxes and duties, in so far as fiscally possible;

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Amendment 194Damien Carêmeon behalf of the Greens/EFA Group



10a. Considers that the deployment of additional renewable energy capacity in proportion to the need for renewable hydrogen is also necessary in order to avoid competition between the capacity required for electrification, electrolysers and other purposes;

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Amendment 195Zdzisław Krasnodębskion behalf of the ECR GroupEvžen Tošenovský, Pietro Fiocchi, Beata Szydło, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Robert Roos, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión


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10a. Underlines that when planning support schemes for hydrogen roll-out, it is necessary to draw a lesson from the past RES support schemes which - being poorly designed - led to market distortions caused by overcompensation of renewable technologies;

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Amendment 196Patrizia Toia



10a. Recalls the potential that brownfield sites can have with providing space for renewable energy production, in particular for solar photovoltaics, thus becoming areas of opportunity that deliver useful services for society;

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Amendment 197Manuel Bompard, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Sira Rego



10a. Encourages the setting of higher renewable energy targets in the power sector to support the development of hydrogen production from additional renewable electricity;

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Amendment 198Zdzisław Krasnodębskion behalf of the ECR GroupEvžen Tošenovský, Pietro Fiocchi, Beata Szydło, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 b (new)


10b. Highlights that effective support measures should be directed to decarbonisation of existing grey fossil-based hydrogen production; notes that a number of production sites are located in the just transition territories and that fossil-based hydrogen is also made as a by-product of a coking coal production (a critical raw material of the EU); urges that support measures aimed at the development of European hydrogen economy should not lead to closure of these production sites, but to their modernisation and further development, thus benefiting the regions by ensuring locally produced sustainable energy carrier, facilitating GHG emissions reduction and contributing to reskilling and further employability of the local workforce;

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10b. Underlines furthermore that only the development of renewable hydrogen is compatible with the objective of achieving

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climate neutrality; demands therefore that renewable hydrogen, and only renewable hydrogen, be eligible for public funding;

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10b. Calls for the urgent removal of the free allowances under the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) for the production of hydrogen from fossil fuels;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 c (new)


10c. Stresses the potential of reconverting some existing industrial sites towards the production of renewable hydrogen; underlines the necessity to publicly plan such reconversions of industrial capacities with the workers and their trade unions; calls on the Member States, when such facilities have been closed, to ease the resumption of these facilities by the workers in the form of cooperative societies;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 d (new)


10d. Underlines that water consumption associated with hydrogen production is due to increase with the development of renewable hydrogen; recalls that fresh water is a critical resource for both human and ecosystem needs; stresses that climate change is exacerbating water scarcity; recalls that simple aggregation of freshwater consumption embedded in hydrogen production could be misleading as freshwater availability and the corresponding freshwater consumption can vary significantly across regions and time of the year; stresses therefore the need for careful spatial planning when establishing renewable hydrogen production facilities in order to minimise the impact of regional freshwater consumption incurred by this production on regional water supply;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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

11. Emphasises the timely need for renewable electricity production and transport infrastructure; stresses that the infrastructure for hydrogen transport must be a closed-loop system between renewable hydrogen production sites and

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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;

industrial sites and multimodal transport centres to guarantee the parallel development of demand and supply, while bearing in mind that transport may also be carried out using tankers; welcomes, in this respect, the fact that the energy efficiency first principle prevails in the strategy for energy system integration; notes 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), which must be equipped with a new system of governance for the planning of infrastructure; notes that, despite the concentration on industrial clusters, the planning of infrastructure for transmission must also take into consideration longer distances between a production site at sea and a consumption site and notes that its regulation should already be undertaken;

_________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 204Jens Geieron behalf of the S&D Group



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

11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production, storage and transport infrastructure and the parallel development of demand and supply; highlights the importance of developing hydrogen networks with non-discriminatory access; 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

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for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertaken;

and calls for the introduction of hydrogen networks and the repurposing of gas infrastructure in the TEN-E Regulation; notes that, despite the concentration on industrial clusters in the first phase, the planning of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances, distribution infrastructure and its regulation should already be undertaken to avoid stranded costs; notes that this can be done by e.g. including hydrogen infrastructure planning in European long-term planning like the Ten-Year Development Plans; stresses that further data should be collected with the support of stakeholders and relevant authorities like ACER to determine which infrastructure would be needed and where;

_________________ _________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 205Sylvia Limmer, Markus Buchheit



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;

11. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to provide advice to industry on hydrogen projects carried out within the context of infrastructure development;

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_________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 206Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi



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;

11. Emphasises the timely need for renewable hydrogen production and transport infrastructure for additional renewable electricity; believes hydrogen transport infrastructure should develop gradually and reflect the actual market evolution for the identified priority applications, e.g. at first transport needs will be limited as demand will be met by on-site or close by- production, and further in time transport development will favour closed-loop systems nearby industrial clusters (needing hydrogen in its pure form), combining additional renewables production and distribution of renewable hydrogen at a regional level; 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;

_________________ _________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 207Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Hildegard Bentele, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek,

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Christian Doleschal, Pascal Arimont, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă




11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production, storage, transport and distribution 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 progressive reconversion of distribution grids and the planning of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertaken; notes the synergy benefits of integrating hydrogen production and infrastructure with other parts of flexible, multi-energy systems, such as waste heat recovery for district heating grids;

_________________ _________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 208François-Xavier Bellamy



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

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

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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;

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. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 209Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Klemen Grošelj, Iskra Mihaylova, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Christophe Grudler, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica




11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production, 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 ;

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15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production, transport, distribution 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 progressive conversion of distribution grids and planning of and ensuring adequate financial support for development of infrastructure for transmission over longer distances and its regulation should already be undertaken;

_________________ _________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 211Bernd Lange


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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; the development of appropriate storage infrastructures should also be a key element of this;

_________________ _________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 212Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan




11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production and storage; recalls the existing distribution and transport infrastructure for gas; 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 the first deployment of renewable hydrogen projects should start from solutions that see hydrogen generation as close as possible to the consumption point in industrial clusters and that the potential relevance

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for a future dedicated infrastructure should be evaluated in time;

_________________ _________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39. 15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 213Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Katalin Cseh, Klemen Grošelj




11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production, transport and distribution 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 progressive reconversion of distribution grids and 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.

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Amendment 214Aldo Patriciello



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11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production and the possible need of a transport infrastructure; 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); notes that the first deployment of renewable hydrogen projects should start from solutions that see hydrogen generation as close as possible to the consumption point in industrial clusters and that the potential relevance for a future dedicated infrastructure shall be evaluated in time;

_________________15 OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39.

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Amendment 215Ivo Hristov




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 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;

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11. Emphasises the timely need for hydrogen production, storage, transport and distribution infrastructure and the parallel development of demand and supply; welcomes, in this respect, the Commission’s intention to review Regulation No 347/2013 of 17April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure (the TEN-E Regulation); 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.

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Amendment 217Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Klemen Grošelj, Iskra Mihaylova, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica



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;

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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;

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11a. Calls for only ‘no regrets’ options for investment in new hydrogen infrastructure to be taken into consideration, avoiding stranded assets; stresses the need to take fully into consideration the significant losses during the production, transport, storage and processing of hydrogen17a;_________________17a IEA, The future of hydrogen, June 2019; IEA, Energy technology perspectives report, September 2020

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11a. Suggests to make cost-benefit calculations for the location of clean hydrogen transport and production infrastructures to minimise costs for consumers; highlights cost-benefits of placing production facilities close to production sites of renewable energy or on-site, especially for small consumers, and linking different demand sectors;

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Amendment 220Evžen Tošenovský, Zdzisław Krasnodębski



11a. Highlights the importance of cross-border cooperation between regions and Member States in the area of clean and low-carbon hydrogen in order to support projects that would enhance security of supply by building necessary cross-border infrastructure;

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Amendment 221Angelika Niebler, Massimiliano Salini, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Salvatore De Meo, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Christian Ehler, Hildegard Bentele, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Antonio Tajani, Christian Doleschal, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă



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11a. Underlines that interoperability with the gas system and interconnection of hydrogen infrastructure within the EU must be assured in order to develop a functioning internal market and drive forward the integration of the energy system;

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11a. Emphasises that the planning of hydrogen networks should focus on connecting priority future hydrogen users, such as industrial clusters with planned production sites for renewable hydrogen;

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Amendment 223Thierry Marianion behalf of the ID Group



11a. Calls on the Commission to introduce an energy infrastructure category for hydrogen networks in Annex 2 to the TEN-E Regulation;

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Amendment 224

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Manuel Bompard, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Sira Rego



11b. Notes that the current energy planning framework under the TEN-E Regulation is highly dependent on gas and electricity industry actors; calls for future network planning to be more transparent and to be undertaken or led by democratically responsible public bodies and reviewed by independent scientific bodies;

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Amendment 225Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Klemen Grošelj, Iskra Mihaylova, Susana Solís Pérez, Christophe Grudler, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica



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;

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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; underlines that any such repurposing should be directly relevant for the use of renewable hydrogen in the priority sectors of emissions-intensive industries such as steel and basic chemicals, shipping and aviation; recognises therefore that hydrogen should not be blended into existing gas networks;

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12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess if there is a need of repurposing portions of existing gas pipelines for the transport of pure hydrogen, where this connects to future renewable hydrogen supply and to demand in sectors that have no decarbonised alternatives; invites the Commission, in the context of that assessment, to provide a robust cost-benefits analysis internalising all the external costs (in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise resources uses and investment costs and levelised costs of transmission);

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Amendment 228Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Eva Kaili, Łukasz Kohut, Miroslav Číž, Monika Beňová




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; underlines that the re-use of existing natural gas pipelines could lead to an increase in social welfare by mitigating the risk of stranded assets, allowing Members State to act faster and prepare the infrastructure that can be used for clean hydrogen in the future;

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Amendment 229Angelika Niebler, Massimiliano Salini, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Salvatore De Meo, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Christian Ehler, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Antonio Tajani, Christian Doleschal, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to gradually repurpose existing gas infrastructure for the transport, storage and distribution of hydrogen as well as of hydrogen and natural gas blends in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission and distribution; underlines the need of setting targets to encourage the necessary

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energy infrastructure and incentivise appropriate capacity building, while avoiding the creation of artificial needs;

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12. Points out that hydrogen is significantly more volatile and requires significantly higher pressure than natural gas; states that existing gas pipelines are unsuitable for pure hydrogen and would have to be upgraded and relaid at great cost; therefore also stresses that entire sealing and valve systems would have to be replaced and new compressor stations would have to be built; consequently notes that existing natural gas pipelines are not suitable for transporting pure hydrogen;

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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

12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of a blend of hydrogen and, at the same time, repurposing existing gas infrastructure for the transport and storage of hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment

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transmission; costs and levelised costs of transmission; considers that the possibility of a basic hydrogen network, using modernised existing gas pipelines, should be looked at;

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12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of potentially repurposing some of the existing gas pipelines for the transport of pure hydrogen where those gas pipelines are connected to production and industrial sites and multimodal transport centres, in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise land and resource use, investment costs and levelised costs of transmission;

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transmission; transmission; in parallel, however, the need for additional pipelines for the transport of clean hydrogen should be examined;

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12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of supporting the repurposing and retrofitting of existing gas pipelines, or parts thereof, where needed, for the transport of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission, thus avoiding the construction of new infrastructure;

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Amendment 235François-Xavier Bellamy




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

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overall system costs;

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Amendment 236Massimiliano Salini, Salvatore De Meo, Aldo Patriciello, Antonio Tajani




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess and support the possibility of repurposing existing and under development gas pipelines for the blending of increasing volumes of hydrogen in the system with a view to transporting of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission;

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Amendment 237Zdzisław Krasnodębskion behalf of the ECR GroupEvžen Tošenovský, Pietro Fiocchi, Beata Szydło, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Robert Roos, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of repurposing and retrofitting existing gas infrastructure for the transport, distribution and storage of hydrogen and natural gas blends and pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised

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costs of transmission and distribution;

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Amendment 238Josianne Cutajar, Jens Geier




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to ensure that any new gas infrastructure is suitable for the transportation of hydrogen and 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;

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Amendment 239Aldo Patriciello




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to further investigate and assess the possibility of repurposing portion of existing gas pipelines, both from techno-economical and regulatory point of view, for the transport of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission;

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Amendment 240Claudia Gamon, Bart Groothuis, Ivars Ijabs, Klemen Grošelj, Morten Petersen, Christophe Grudler




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the cost-benefit and availability for retrofitting, repurposing of existing gas pipelines compared to dedicated new pipelines for the transport of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission;

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Amendment 241Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Katalin Cseh, Klemen Grošelj




12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of repurposing existing gas pipelines for the transport and distribution of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission and distribution;

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Amendment 242Dominique Riquet


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12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of repurposing existing gas pipelines for the transport of pure or mixed hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission;

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12a. Opposes the idea of blending hydrogen, a product that is complicated and expensive to produce, into the existing grid with fossil gas, which is comparatively cheaper, as that would be at odds not only with economic principles but also with the reality of the demand for pure hydrogen; notes that if blending were to take place the majority of the energy would be used up in the processes of blending, transport and separation of the hydrogen from the fossil gas rather than serving real energy needs;

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Amendment 244Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Christian Doleschal, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă

Motion for a resolution

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Paragraph 12 a (new)


12a. Underlines the necessity of upholding unbundling as a guiding principle for the design of hydrogen markets; stresses that unbundling plays a key role in ensuring that innovation and new products are provided in the most cost-efficient manner on energy markets; is convinced that any derogation from this regulatory principle in the medium term would come at an unnecessarily high cost to end consumers;

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Amendment 245Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Eva Kaili, Monika Beňová, Miroslav Číž



12a. Calls on the Commission to assess the maximum blending levels of hydrogen in gas grids, planning the possibility of an EU-wide basis for injection of hydrogen into the natural gas grid based on common technical rules and standards; calls to identify and remove legal and administrative barriers;

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12a. Opposes proposals to blend renewable hydrogen into the fossil gas grid, as such blending would be at odds with the demand for pure hydrogen as feedstock or energy carrier in those industries and transport applications that have no other alternative to decarbonise;

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12a. Welcomes the construction of onsite renewables and hydrogen production capacity within industrial clusters to directly cater to industry's hydrogen needs, whilst avoiding overinvestment in unnecessary pipeline infrastructure;

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Amendment 248Sven Schulze



12a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to create, in a timely manner, suitable regulatory frameworks for the development of a hydrogen infrastructure, in particular regarding the operation of and connection to such a network;

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Amendment 249Claudia Gamon, Ivars Ijabs, Klemen Grošelj, Christophe Grudler



12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish clear guidelines on the ownership of a potential hydrogen grid for new and repurposed/refurbished pipelines while respecting the principle of unbundling;

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Amendment 250Claudia Gamon, Ivars Ijabs, Klemen Grošelj, Christophe Grudler



12b. Notes that there are varying standards in the Member States as regards the blending of hydrogen with natural gas; calls on the Commission to assess and develop standards for hydrogen, for both the gas grid and end uses; points out that these standards will have to be adapted to the end users’ quality needs and technological capacities;

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12b. Urges that the financial risk of overbuilding hydrogen infrastructure, which is not relevant for the use of renewable hydrogen, be placed on the industry rather than on taxpayers by means of legally binding financing and legislative provisions;

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Amendment 252Claudia Gamon, Bart Groothuis, Ivars Ijabs, Klemen Grošelj, Christophe Grudler



12c. Highlights that large energy storage capacity is provided by the existing gas infrastructure and that these assets and those accommodating new sources of gas, in particular renewable hydrogen, would facilitate the integration of renewable electricity; notes in this regard the need to address the issue of the new role of gas Transmission Systems Operators (TSOs) in the light of unbundling rules;

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12c. Underlines furthermore that the blending of hydrogen with fossil gas in the gas grid will not result in emissions reductions but rather preclude dedicated hydrogen processes and retain the transmission and use of fossil gas;

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Amendment 254Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Christian Doleschal, Pascal Arimont, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă

Motion for a resolutionSubheading 4


Hydrogen demand Hydrogen market

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Amendment 255Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Hildegard Bentele, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Christian Doleschal, Sara Skyttedal, Pascal Arimont, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă



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

13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and to avoid carbon lock-ins, demand for hydrogen should increase; acknowledges that the initial focus of hydrogen demand should be on sectors for which the use of hydrogen is close to being competitive or that currently cannot be

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means; believes that for these sectors roadmaps for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level; 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;

decarbonised, by other less complex and cheaper means and technological solutions; believes that for these sectors roadmaps for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level; agrees with the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of clean hydrogen in a limited number of specific sectors and financial tools such as carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) could be considered for a transitional period to promote decarbonisation through renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, while avoiding the creation of artificial needs and undue market distortions at the expense of other energy sources; stresses that demand side policies should be consistent with other policy measures and subject to a thorough impact assessment to avoid any negative effects on energy consuming industries facing international competition; emphasises in this regard the importance of market-based solutions for creating a market and a level playing field for different technologies with a focus on cost-effective reduction of GHG as well as resilience and competitiveness of the EU economy;

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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

13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of clean hydrogen, the demand for hydrogen as such must increase; acknowledges that the initial

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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; 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;

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; emphasises that a wide range of support schemes tailored to individual circumstances of Members States, such as carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ), are necessary to promote production and marketing of hydrogen; emphasises in this regard the importance of market-based solutions for creating a market and a level playing field for different technologies with a focus on cost-effective reduction of GHG as well as resilience and competitiveness of the EU economy; stresses that the development of a hydrogen market should be implemented in coherence with other goals and objectives of the Union and cautions the Commission that the establishment of minimum shares or quotas for a specific type of hydrogen would collide with implementation of other climate policies, such as progress on renewable energy targets; stresses that imposing minimum shares or quotas would also result in distorting internal energy market, increasing costs of energy supply for regions in transition as well as their dependence on foreign suppliers;

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13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of clean hydrogen

13. Highlights that, on a free market, demand and supply determine the price;

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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; 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;

therefore stresses that a planned increase in hydrogen demand should be rejected;

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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; 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

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 focus of hydrogen demand should be on sectors for which the use of hydrogen is the only way they can be decarbonised; believes that for these sectors roadmaps for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level, based on independent scientific studies; agrees with the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of clean hydrogen in specific sectors are necessary to promote decarbonisation through clean hydrogen, accompanied by carbon contracts for difference for projects using

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through clean hydrogen; hydrogen produced by renewable electricity (ʻCCfDʼ) where that is vital in order to preserve the competitiveness of end users, while ensuring that the compensation remains proportionate and avoiding the duplication of subsidies for both production and use;

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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; 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;

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; market incentive programmes must therefore be created to stimulate use; 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; 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; however, in addition to the industrial sector, the mobility sector should also already be a significant area of focus at this stage;

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Amendment 260

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Manuel Bompard, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Sira Rego




13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of renewable hydrogen and to avoid carbon lock-ins, demand for renewable 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; 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 renewable hydrogen; emphasises that EU support should only be provided to renewable-based hydrogen projects and not to low carbon hydrogen projects which risk becoming stranded assets;

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Amendment 261Ivo Hristov



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

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

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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; 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;

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;

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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; 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

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; 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; urges the swift

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through clean hydrogen; development of a pilot scheme for CCfD, in particular for clean steel;

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13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, demand for clean hydrogen must increase; acknowledges that the initial focus of demand for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen 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; notes the suggestion by the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen in specific sectors and carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) can help to promote decarbonisation through renewable and low-carbon hydrogen;

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Amendment 264Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Klemen Grošelj, Iskra Mihaylova, Susana Solís Pérez, Christophe Grudler, Martina Dlabajová, Nicola Danti, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica


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13. Highlights that it is necessary to boost hydrogen demand in order to achieve a fast market uptake of renewable 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; welcomes the Commission’s consideration of various options for incentives at the demand side;

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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; agrees with the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of clean hydrogen in specific sectors and carbon

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 and targets for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level; agrees with the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of clean hydrogen in specific sectors

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contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) are necessary to promote decarbonisation through clean hydrogen;

and carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) are necessary to promote decarbonisation through clean hydrogen;

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13. Highlights that, in order to achieve a fast market uptake of clean hydrogen, 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; 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;

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13. Highlights that, in order to achieve 13. Highlights that, in order to achieve

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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; 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;

a fast market uptake of renewable hydrogen and to avoid carbon lock-ins, demand for renewable hydrogen must increase; acknowledges that the focus of hydrogen demand should be on sectors for which the use of hydrogen is the only technically available option for decarbonisation; believes that for these sectors roadmaps for demand development, investment and research needs should be established at European level; agrees with the Commission that demand-side policies such as quotas for the use of renewable hydrogen in specific sectors and carbon contracts for difference (ʻCCfDʼ) are necessary to promote decarbonisation through renewable hydrogen;

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Amendment 268Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Hildegard Bentele, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Christian Doleschal, Pascal Arimont, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă, Salvatore De Meo



13a. Calls on the Commission to consider clear incentives for the application and use of hydrogen to different end-consumer sectors in order to trigger the demand for hydrogen; stresses that regulatory incentives, such as the possibility to account for hydrogen or synthetic fuels towards sector renewable targets or emission reduction thresholds in relevant EU legislation, including the REDII, should be provided;

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Amendment 269Sara Skyttedal, Tomas Tobé, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, François-Xavier Bellamy



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;

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Amendment 270Sven Schulze



13a. Notes that regulatory frameworks are one of the obstacles to the use of hydrogen; encourages the Commission and the Member States to adapt regulatory frameworks in the transport, buildings and industrial sectors in such a way that hydrogen demand is stimulated;

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13a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that demand for hydrogen matches the available supply of renewable hydrogen, by developing a hierarchy of applications for renewable hydrogen, in which the sectors with the greatest needs are given priority access to hydrogen resources;

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13a. Underlines that use of hydrogen in the transport sector already exists in public transport and specific segments of the railway sector, especially where electrification of the line is not economically feasible;

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13a. Urges the Commission to review current legislation to eliminate disincentives like legal uncertainties for clean hydrogen for demand sectors;

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13b. Stresses that refuelling infrastructure is needed for hydrogen use in transport; underlines the importance of revising the TEN-T Regulation and the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive to include hydrogen; further underlines that stronger legislation is needed to incentivise the use of zero-emission fuels including clean hydrogen in heavy-duty vehicles, aviation and maritime;

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13b. Stresses that it is of uttermost importance to prioritise the substitution of hydrogen of fossil origin used by the industrial sector by renewable hydrogen before considering its use in other sectors and for other purposes;

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Paragraph 13 b (new)


13b. Underlines that infrastructure is key to stimulate demand, in particular at the distribution level, as it provides a framework for consumption;

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Amendment 277Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Hildegard Bentele, Pernille Weiss, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Christian Doleschal, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă



13b. Calls on the Commission to consider quotas for synthetic fuels for aviation or ship propulsion;

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13c. Urges the Commission to promote lead markets for green hydrogen technologies and systems and their use for climate-neutral production, especially in the steel, cement and chemical industries, as part of the update and implementation of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe; calls on the Commission to

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assess the option of recognising steel produced with clean hydrogen as a bonus or eco-innovation for the fleet targets of the EU regulations on CO2 emission performance standards for road vehicles; urges the Commission to soon come forward with the EU strategy for clean steel, which should include an appropriate focus on the use of clean hydrogen;

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13c. Considers that hydrogen's main interest lies in its ability to bring flexibility and stability, in particular through electricity inter-seasonal storage, to the energy system in addition to the network vectors; stresses therefore that the development of hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure must be planned alongside with the development of the means of energy production in a logic of technical and economic optimisation in line with a long-term vision of its role;

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Amendment 280Angelika Niebler, András Gyürk, Edina Tóth, Henna Virkkunen, Maria Spyraki, Riho Terras, Tom Berendsen, Markus Pieper, Eva Maydell, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Hildegard Bentele, François-Xavier Bellamy, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jerzy Buzek, Christian Doleschal, Pascal Arimont, Ivan Štefanec, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sven Schulze, Gheorghe Falcă


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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;

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13d. Stresses that hydrogen use also needs to be targeted at industrial processes which are amongst the most difficult to decarbonise and not easily directly electrified, in particular the production of primary steel via hydrogen direct reduction of iron;

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13d. Highlights that public procurement can also contribute to tangible and predictable demand;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 13 e (new)


13e. Underlines that hydrogen's characteristics make it a good candidate to replace fossil fuels and reduce GHG emissions for certain types of heavy mobility that require high power and high energy carrying capacity such as ships, aeroplanes or trains operating on non-electrifiable lines; notes regarding ships that, on long-distance transport, the use of green ammonia also has advantages; considers, regarding aeroplanes, that in the near-future the use of green hydrogen-based synthetic kerosene is the most viable solution;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 13 f (new)


13 f. Considers that the use of hydrogen in road mobility must be considered with great caution; underlines that all road vehicles equipped with hydrogen are now prohibitively expensive compared to other decarbonised solutions; stresses that the absence of a distribution network serving a dense territorial network of service stations represents a potentially crippling handicap for considering mass

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development of road vehicles equipped with hydrogen; considers therefore that this development should by no means be considered as a priority;

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