Despite announcing a policy to replace old electricity-generating wind turbines with newer ones five years ago, the country has not implemented it yet.
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“We should join forces, be creative and find solutions to preserve the health of the oceans and sea,” said Virginijus Sinkevičius, the EU commissioner for oceans, fisheries and the environment.
“We want to unite all groups, all sectors, around a single vision. We want all blue economy players to align themselves to the same principles, replacing unchecked expansion with clean, climate-proof and sustainable activities that tread lightly on the marine environment,” he added.
The blue economy is a growing industry with a turnover of over €650 billion, which provides almost 5 million direct jobs to EU citizens. The plan lays out a vision for it to become circular and less polluting as Europe aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
The European Commission today (18 May) launched a new plan for sustainability in coastal and ocean industries – known as the blue economy – calling for them to join forces in the fight against climate change.
“We should join forces, be creative and find solutions to preserve the health of the oceans and sea,” said Virginijus Sinkevičius, the EU commissioner for oceans, fisheries and the environment.
“We want to unite all groups, all sectors, around a single vision. We want all blue economy players to align themselves to the same principles, replacing unchecked expansion with clean, climate-proof and sustainable activities that tread lightly on the marine environment,” he added.
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The higher target would be in line with the European Commission s impact assessment of the new 55% target in reducing CO2 emissions, and would require renewable energy s share to roughly double from current levels. The most ambitious renewable energy targets remain academic if we don t solve permitting, WindEurope s communications officer Christoph Zipf said.
EU wind energy capacity would need to be 433-452 GW by 2030 to meet a 38%-40% renewable energy target, WindEurope said in a position paper submitted to the EC s consultation process.
Of that, some 361-374 GW would be onshore and 73-79 GW offshore, the wind energy industry association said.