Renewable Ocean Energy

Marine Board Vision Document 2 “Marine Renewable Energy - Research Challenges and Opportunities for a new Energy Era in Europe” (September 2010)

In December 2008, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on a package that will help transform Europe into a low-carbon economy and increase its energy security. The EU is committed by 2020 to reducing its overall emissions to at least 20% below 1990 levels and to increasing the share of renewable in energy use to 20%. The proportion of these targets which can be delivered by marine renewable energy by 2020 was estimated at circa 5% for offshore wind energy and circa 2 to 3 % for other Marine Renewable Energies.

With the support of its member organisations the Marine Board convened a pan-European expert group to produce this Vision Document which aims at:

• Elaborating a vision for the development of Marine Renewable Energy in Europe;
• Highlighting the potential of Marine Renewable Energy in Europe;
• Identifying the research needs to realise this potential; and
• Securing Marine Renewable Energy on the European marine research agenda.

The Marine Board Chair formally presented the Vision Document to Manuela Soares (Director, DG Research – Environment) on 12 October 2010 in Ostend during the official launch event, organised back to back with EurOCEAN 2010.

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