16 Amendments of Sara SKYTTEDAL related to 2021/2012(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) economy requires a clean energy transition that ensures sustainability, energy efficiency, security of supply and affordability of energy;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the transition to net-zero GHG emissions increases the demand for low-carbon energy;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C n (new)
Recital C n (new)
C n. whereas the North Sea is currently the world’s leading region for deployed capacity in offshore wind while regions such as the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea are promising locations to scale-up offshore production and deployment in the EU;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C s (new)
Recital C s (new)
C s. whereas the EU currently provides only 1 % of the raw materials for wind energy,less than 1 % of Li-batteries, less than 1 % of fuel cells, only 2 % of the raw materials relevant to robotics and only 1 % of silicon-based photovoltaic assemblies;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C w (new)
Recital C w (new)
C w. whereas the recycling rates of wind turbines are currently very low and only has a service time of around 20 years;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C x (new)
Recital C x (new)
C x. whereas there are environmental challenges linked to the production of ORE, especially wind turbines blades, and that this will require a significant part into landfill after only 20 years;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C y (new)
Recital C y (new)
C y. whereas the current Energy Taxation Directive exempts marine fuel from taxation;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the energy production targets for ORE in all of EU’s sea basins, as outlined in Commission communication COM(2020)0741, are at least 60 GW by 2030 and 340 GW by 2050; highlights that the competitiveness of offshore wind energy as an energy source will continue to increase and prices will continue to fall further in step with continuous development and deployment; highlights that ORE is weather-based and that a sustainable and reliable energy system needs a combination of low- and zero-carbon energy sources;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Believes that ORE needs to be sustainable and not have adverse impacts on the environment as well as on the economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Calls on the Commission to include maritime transport in the scope of the Energy Taxation Directive in its upcoming revision of the directive in 2021 in order to incentivise ship’s use of on- shore electricity when at berth;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that Member States' planning of ORE energy needs to take into account environmental protection, protection of nature and the respective legal frameworks at Member State level into account when new permits are approved;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Highlights that improved ORE skills and sector-specific knowledge are assets that can we exported to third countries and thus export EU’s export of services and contribute to climate change at global level;
Amendment 230 #
13. Notes that the total space required to ensure the offshore wind capacity for the northern seas meets the 2050 goals is expected to be 2.8 %; underlines, therefore, the possibility of compatibility between sea space requirements for ORE and other interests; strongly believes that involving renewables developers early on in the process will contribute to the successful allocation of sea space;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt a full and holistic life-cycle approach when planning and deploying the 340 GW of ORE by 2050; stresses that the production and deployment of wind turbines are carbon intensive and environmental challenging arrangements which should be included in the relevant impact assessment at EU and Member State level;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the Commission to conduct an analysis of the impacts of the decommissioning of offshore installations and to adopt, if necessary, a EU strategy on sustainable decommissioning of offshore installations in order to minimise environmental, safety, and economic impacts; highlights that such a strategy such include the dismantling of the existing installations and for future decommissioning activities; stresses that a future EU-wide legal framework only is necessary if the analysis shows significant shortcomings of the current legal framework and instruments in the EU Member States;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Notes the need for a revision of the EU regulation on nature protection and restoration in order to strike a future- proof balance between facilitating the needed industrial framework for an ORE scale-up and balanced nature protection;