Activities of Jerzy BUZEK related to 2021/2012(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)
Amendments (36)
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 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas ORE electrification play a key role in fulfilling with the Unions 2030 climate target and the climate neutrality target in 2050;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the EU ORE production sector is a technological leader with significant potential to boost the EU economy by supporting the growth of clean energy production in Europe and around the world;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas the under current policies in the EU, the present and projected installation capacity would only lead to only approximately 90 GW in 2050;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas it is estimated that the investment needs pursuing 300 GW of offshore wind by 2050 are estimated to be almost EUR 800 billion;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas the EU Member States spent around EUR 85 billion on offshore renewable energy investments from 2010 to 2018;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
C i. whereas public R&D investments in the wind energy value chain already have played an crucial role in allowing the sector to develop;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)
Recital C j (new)
C j. whereas the total amount of EU R&D programmes over the 10 past years offshore wind was EUR 496 million;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C k (new)
Recital C k (new)
C k. whereas the vast majority of future offshore renewable energy projects will be funded privately;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C l (new)
Recital C l (new)
C l. whereas the role of ORE in climate change mitigation and energy security is already well-known, the economic and socio-economic impacts from the expansion of ORE, especially when it comes to the occurrence of value- added jobs in the EU at a local level, need to be illuminated;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C m (new)
Recital C m (new)
C m. whereas the NextGenerationEU recovery fund provides an unique opportunity to mobilise substantially public capital in addition to the private investments;
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 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C o (new)
Recital C o (new)
C o. whereas EU ports play a crucial role in ensuring cost effectiveness of offshore wind;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C p (new)
Recital C p (new)
C p. whereas EU ports act as gateways to local development in coastal communities;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C q (new)
Recital C q (new)
C q. whereas landlocked regions in the EU today do not have the same incentives, opportunities and benefits of an EU-level upscaling in offshore wind;
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 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise ORE, together with other relevant energy technologies, as a core component of Europe’s energy system by 2050;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment that clarifies the economic and socio- economic impacts, with a special focus on existing jobs and job creation by deploying 340 GW of ORE by 2050 in the EU;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate infrastructure in geographically strategic ports in the EU in order to ensure a cost- effective deployment of ORE;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Invites the Commission to consider ports as users of ORE; calls the Commission to examine the added value of linking the ORE sector with the port clusters in the EU;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the need to secure adequate port infrastructure when deploying 340 GW of ORE by 2050 in the EU sea basins; points out that the Commission should take into account the potential of job creation and economic benefits when expanding infrastructure of ports in the EU;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recognises the potential for ORE in all sea basins of Europe and call upon the Commission and Member States to further progress the key technologies that will harness this energy;
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 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Notes that deploying the 340 GW of ORE by 2050 is a comprehensive process and needs a well-functioning supply chain at national, EU and global level; underlines that the EU ORE sector is also relying on imported raw materials and components for production and that the supply chain of these materials should be protected;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes the inherent complementarity between different offshore renewable energy technologies, in terms of shared infrastructure, supply chain synergies and more reliable aggregate power production;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that MS collaboration is vital in order to maximise effective use of offshore energy resources; notes that the current legal framework does not facilitate such collaboration sufficiently; strongly believes that failure to increase collaboration between MSs, and inter- connected Third Countries, will inhibit the roll-out of offshore energy; urges the Commission and the MSs to take the necessary action without any further delays;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that electricity and direct heating and cooling from offshore renewables can contribute to the greening of district heating, decreasing and eventually eliminating its GHG emissions; highlights the potential to incorporate ORE in district heating through clean electricity and heat pumps and sea water air conditioning;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Research and development, innovation & marketscale-up
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Strongly believes that the EU and the MSs should support research iember States should coordinate to support the deploymento and the developmentmarket uptake of floating offshore wind, tidal, wave and current stations, which can be adapted to the different seabed conditions in Europe; points out that the EU should continue to support research into and the development in these offshore technologies;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Highlights that the potential for new emerging technologies, such as floating wind; stresses that floating wind can provide promising new outlets for the EU industry and thus boost exports;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Supports the Commission’s ambition to support competent national and regional authorities in creating and delivering ORE-specific education and training programmes and the need to develop a skill pool in the ORE field; calls on the Commission to include the ORE field in its next ‘European Skills Agenda’ in order to help individuals, MNEs, and SMEs to develop the necessary skills for the ORE sector;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Stresses the need to develop ORE skills, via training, reskilling and upskilling programmes across the supply chain, e.g. in R&D, offshore transport, installation, operation and maintenance, to ensure that there is no labour shortage in the supply chain;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Calls for an EU-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2025 in order to ensure circularity, minimise the negative environmental impacts and increase the level of soil protection in the EU;
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;