Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) debated on Thursday 1 July the draft own-initiative report by Morten Petersen (Renew Europe, Denmark) on the European Union’s strategy for offshore renewable energy.
During the discussion, MEPs broadly agreed on the need to accelerate the deployment of offshore renewables in order to reach at least 60 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, and 300 GW by 2050, as set out in the European Commission’s...