Declaration of the European Parliament on establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third industrial revolution in Europe through a partnership with committed regions and cities, SMEs and civil society organisations
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: climate change, energy policy, hydrogen, reduction of gas emissions, renewable energy, self-sufficiency in energy

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Greening Europe

Declaration of the European Parliament on establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third
industrial revolution in Europe through a partnership with committed regions and cities, SMEs
and civil society organisations

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 116 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas global warming and costs of fossil fuels are increasing, and having regard to the debate
launched by the European Parliament and the Commission on the future of energy policy and climate
change,

B. whereas a post-fossil fuel and post-nuclear energy vision should be the next important project of the

European Union,

C. whereas the five key factors for energy independence are: maximising energy efficiency, reducing global-
warming gas emissions, optimising the commercial
introduction of renewable energies, establishing
hydrogen fuel-cell technology to store renewable energies and creating smart power grids to distribute
energy;

Calls upon the EU Institutions to:

1.
— pursue a 20 % increase in energy efficiency by 2020,
— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 % by 2020 (compared to 1990 levels),
— produce 33 % of electricity and 25 % of overall energy from renewable energy sources by 2020,
— institute hydrogen fuel-cell storage technology, and other storage technologies, for portable, stationary
and transport uses and establish a decentralised bottom-up hydrogen infrastructure by 2025 in all EU
Member States,

— make power grids smart and independent by 2025 so that regions, cities, SMEs and citizens can pro-
duce and share energy in accordance with the same open-access principles as apply to the internet now;

Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the

2.
Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

List of signatories

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Alvaro, Andersson, Andria, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis,
Athanasiu, Attwooll, Aubert, Auken, Badía i Cutchet, Bărbuleţiu, Barón Crespo, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Becsey,
Beer, Beglitis, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Birutis, Bliz-
nashki, Bösch, Bonde, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Braghetto, Brepoels, Breyer, Brie,
van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, Busk, Busquin, Buzek, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero
González, Casaca, Cashman, Casini, Castex, Castiglione, Catania, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chervenyakov,
Chiesa, Christensen, Christova, Chruszcz, Ciornei, Claeys, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey,
Correia, Costa, Cottigny, Cramer, Creţu C., Creţu G., Crowley, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser,
Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, Désir, Deva, De Vits, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dîncu, Dobolyi,
Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ebner, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Jillian,
Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira A., Ferreira E., Flasarová, Flautre,
Florenz, Foglietta, Ford, Frassoni, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gargani, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gibault, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Graefe zu Baring-
dorf, Grech, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guidoni, Gurmai, Guy-
Quint, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Harangozó, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hat-
zidakis, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Hellvig, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Holm, Hor-
áček, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Joan i
Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kallenbach, Karim, Kaufmann, Kelam, Kelemen, Kin-
nock, Kirilov, Koch-Mehrin, Kónya-Hamar, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kreissl-Dörfler,

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Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze,
La Russa, Lavarra, Lax, Lehideux, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Lichtenber-
ger, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Lucas, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy,
Madeira, Manders, Maňka, Mann E., Mantovani, Marinescu, Markov, Marques, Martin D., Martin H.-P., Martí-
nez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Meyer
Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mihăescu, Mihalache, Mikko, Mikolášik, Mohácsi, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan,
Morgantini, Morillon, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano,
Navarro, Newton-Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Özde-
mir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó'Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pafilis, Pahor,
Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Parva-
nova, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pinior, Pirilli, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Pöttering,
Poignant, Polfer, Popeangă, Portas, Prets, Prodi, Ransdorf, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Ries, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček,
Roure, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Samaras, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu,
Sartori, Savary, Savi, Sbarbati, Schapira, Scheele, Schlyter, Schmidt F., Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter,
Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner,
Søndergaard, Sofianski, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Staes, Stănescu, Staniszewska, Šťastný, Sterckx, Stock-
mann, Strož, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tarabella, Tarand,
Tatarella, Thomsen, Ticău, Titley, Toia, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi,
Uca, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vălean, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Varvitsiotis, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Ver-
nola, Vincenzi, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Watson, Weisgerber, Westlund, Wiersma, Wijkman, Wurtz,
Záborská, Zaleski, Zani, Zappala', Ždanoka, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zwiefka