Commission for the Environment, Climate change and Energy
Developing the potential of Ocean Energy
Opinion factsheet
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- Climate Change and Energy
Opinion number:
CDR-1693-2015
Status:
Aprobados
Objective
draw attention to the huge potential of ocean energy to meeting the future energy needs and to achieve climate change objectives and delivering sustainable growth and green jobs at local level;
set out the local and regional level's views and seek a greater CoR involvement in the design of the Roadmap and the implementation of the new industrial initiative of which possibly will follow
address key bottlenecks (technical, environmental, financial) and make recommendations
set out the local and regional level's views and seek a greater CoR involvement in the design of the Roadmap and the implementation of the new industrial initiative of which possibly will follow
address key bottlenecks (technical, environmental, financial) and make recommendations
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- notes that the EU and its regions are currently at the forefront globally in developing the sector, and recognises that without sufficient action the EU risks losing its leadership;
- emphasises that development of the Ocean Energy sector is of interest to the whole of the EU, offering many investment and development opportunities, which are not restricted to coastal/island areas;
- asserts that, given the scale of investments required and a number of inter-linked barriers to be overcome to realise the potential of the Ocean Energy sector, coordinated actions between the different layers of governance in the EU and the engagement of the key stakeholders are essential;
- calls on the European Commission to develop the Ocean Energy Forum into an industrial platform to drive forward delivery of the key actions set out in the Ocean Energy Roadmap;
- recommends that strong consideration be given to developing an Atlantic Macro Region focused on developing Ocean Energy;
- recommends that appropriate and tailored strategies/technologies be developed for all the different sea-basins, harnessing existing experiences/development of advanced technologies for regions with less/different marine energy potential;
- reiterates its call for stronger political priority to be given to creating synergies between EU, Member State and sub-state (local and regional authority) budgets to support investments of key European importance, such as Ocean Energy; and calls on the EIB and European Commission to support investments in grid infrastructure and pre-commercial pilot phase projects;
- stresses the importance of simplifying administrative procedures for planning and consenting at LRA and national level; and the need to plan Ocean Energy development into the process of Maritime Spatial Planning.