European Directive ‘Clean Power for transport’ (2014/94/EU)

Deployment of LNG infrastructure in the Netherlands

Wouter Pietersmasenior policy advisor Maritime Affairs

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Content presentation

Basic principles NL implementation Why the market Implementation method Stakeholder meetings Existing policy frameworks Demand forecast Expectations Status implementation plan Time planning Bunkering seaports

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Basic principles Netherlands implementation

Clean Power Directive, Article 6 paragraph 1 ... appropriate number of refueling points for LNG at inland ports from 12/31/2030

Clean Power Directive, whereas, paragraph 15 … not intended to place an additional financial burden on

Member States, make use of a wide range of regulatory and non-regulatory incentives and measures, in close cooperation with private sector actors.

Principles Central Government  

Market, unless ...

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Why the market? Strong market parties (Shell, GDF Suez) in the Netherlands, with

ambitious plans Allready present LNG terminal Rotterdam (GATE) Increasing demand inland shipping, deep sea, short sea So far steady growing market, concession? Closely bundled roads and waterways Combined road/inland

shipping infrastructure possible? (Presently: 1 Gate-terminal for deep sea feeding. ? Number of truck

fuel stations?)

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Method Netherlands

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1. Stakeholder meeting

2. Policy framework

3. Implementation plan

Stakeholder meetings

Agreement on Energy for Sustainable Growth

… national target for limiting CO2 emissions.

Maritime Strategy

… to boost the international sustained maritime top position of the Netherlands, in collaboration with all the maritime partners.

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Existing policy frameworks

Maritime strategy:

The Central Government stimulates the usage of alternative fuels, propulsion systems and energy sources, and shall remove obstacles where needed

Industry and government shall jointly commit themselves to enlarge the possibilities of (co)financing of innovation projects

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LNG refueling points demand forecast/estimation?

Assessed the demand of LNG refueling points on basis of study

CEF call submitted with ships that can be retrofitted “economically feasible”

Expectations LNG-infrastructure

Inland LNG shipping: mobile refueling, possibly followed by infrastructure

Central Government intervention possible, only when initiatives of markets are not sufficient

Gradual growth of numbers, depending on the availability of EU subsidies

Additional national subsidies not to be expected

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Status implementation plan Industry has organized themselves (LNG

platform) Internal policy- and legal coordination has

started Concept action plan shipping partly finished European Commission assignment for

scheme of implementation plan

In progress: Involving stakeholders in autumn 2015

(Maritime Strategy, Agreement on Energy for Sustainable Growth, LNG platform)

International coordination (Benelux and other EU Member States)

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Time planning Autumn 2015, stakeholder meeting

implementation Clean Power Directive (discussion: tentative modest but realistic targets)

January 2016, prelimenary implementation plan (ready and sending to Parliament for support and discussion: long term policy document)

November 2016, legal text LNG refueling stations implemented

November 2016, policy framework to the European Commission

Bunker vessel seaports

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To finalize