European Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy

by name voted on 15.02.2022

Summary

A strategic plan to scale up European offshore renewable energy to 450 GW by 2050, focusing on infrastructure, environmental protection, and economic growth.

9 15.02.2022

Other

energy

economy

transport

fisheries

environment

social policy

european union

public administration

administrative reform

research and intellectual property

Key points

The EU aims to drastically increase offshore renewable energy capacity to reach at least 60 GW by 2030 and up to 450 GW by 2050.
Massive investments are required, with an estimated 800 billion euros needed for grid infrastructure and power generation by 2050.
An EU-wide ban on sending decommissioned wind turbine blades to landfills is proposed by 2025 to promote recycling.
Member States are urged to identify space for additional capacity before the 2023/2024 period to allow construction by 2030.

Vote

PPE

S&D

Renew

Verts/ALE

ID

ECR

NI

The Left

Total

Speeches

32 Speeches in total

Pro

Contra

Roberta METSOLA

Roberta METSOLA

PPE

3:37 min

2. Announcement of voting results

Morten PETERSEN

Morten PETERSEN

Renew

4:03 min

22. A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)

Documents (PDFs)

REPORT on a European strategy for offshore renewable energy A European strategy for offshore renewable energy

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