4 Amendments of Elsi KATAINEN related to 2021/2012(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism's competence concerning maritime programming and an integrated maritime policy;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s ambition to reach 340 GW of offshore renewable energy capacity by 2050 as a key element for the successful decarbonisation of transport and tourism; considers the massive expansion of offshore renewable energy generation, storage and distribution, and its full connection and integration into the energy grid, to represent an indispensable precondition for the widespread uptake of electric mobility and clean renewable transport fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia in particular; calls, therefore, on the Member States to swiftly and massively step up theirfacilitate market-driven investments in offshore renewable energy and to seize, in particular, the opportunity provided by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) in this regard;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the opportunities that offshore renewable energy can offer to coastal tourism regions, both by increasing the energy-related sustainability of tourist stays, enhancing the appeal of the coastline, and by balancing seasonal economic effects, providing stable and predictable jobs and growth in local renewable offshore industries and small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) all year round;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the need for further offshore renewable energy development applies to all of Europe’s sea-basins and that areas with widely untapped offshore renewable potential, such as the Mediterranean Sea, require special attention, including through the funding of research and development into innovative technologies such as floating offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, while front runners, such as the North Sea, must continue to develop and to defend their leading global position for the benefit of Europe as a whole; considers that the European Union must do everything in its power to retain its position as leader in wind energy;