Natural gas and bio methane as fuel for transport w. pietersma

1. European Directive
‘Clean Power for
transport’
(2014/94/EU)
Deployment of LNG
infrastructure in the Netherlands
Wouter Pietersma
senior policy advisor Maritime Affairs
23 June 2015

2. 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
23 June 2015

3. 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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4. 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?)
23 June 2015

5. Method Netherlands
23 June 2015
1. Stakeholder meeting
2. Policy framework
3. Implementation plan

6. 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.
23 June 2015

7. 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
23 June 2015

8. 23 June 2015
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”

9. 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
23 June 2015

10. 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)
23 June 2015

11. 23 June 2015
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

12. Bunker vessel seaports
23 June 2015

13. 23 June 2015
To finalize