Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Less than a month into the role and our new CEO, Steve Foxley, is visiting our various locations across the UK! 📍 Last week, he was at our National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, seeing our world-leading offshore wind test and validation facilities in action. Check out his first impressions 👇

📢 This morning, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero launched the Clean Industry Bonus to support good jobs and low-carbon manufacturing factories linked to offshore wind!   Our CEO Steve Foxley has commented on how it is an important signal of intent that can benefit both our climate and our economy as well as supporting expansive regional job creation and bolstering national energy security.     Read Steve’s full comment alongside RenewableUK and Energy UK, in the press release here: https://lnkd.in/ecNTmhPM #offshorewind | #offshorerenewables | #manufacturing | #netzero

📢 LATEST NEWS: Cross-skill pilot exemplifies just-transition in action! Earlier this week, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) launched a new cross-skilling programme to support worker transferability between oil & gas and wind operations and maintenance (O&M)! 👷♀️ The Offshore Wind Industry Council forecasts a shortfall of over 4,500 skilled O&M roles on what's needed to double current UK-installed wind capacity and deliver the UK Government's 2030 targets. We're excited to be working in partnership with ECITB and Global Wind Organisation to deliver this programme, which aims to help solve this issue. Tony Quinn, our Director of Technology Development, said this: “𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘪𝘭 & 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘪𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘵 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰. “𝘉𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." 👉Read the full announcement here: https://hubs.la/Q036mYVN0 #skills | #justtransition | #offshorewind | #engineering | #offshorerenewables

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🔬 💡 The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was implemented in 2015 by UNESCO and UN Women in collaboration with institutions and civil society partners with the aim of promoting women and girls in science. We're passionate about championing an inclusive, supportive and collaborative culture at ORE Catapult, so we spoke to two of our engineers, Emily Sarveswaran and Millie Anderson, to understand more about their work, experiences, motivations and what this day means to them! #WomenInScience | #GirlsInScience | #11February | Innovate UK | Catapult Network

Today marks the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2025! ⚡ National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) provides a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of apprentices around the country and highlight the positive impact they have on businesses, communities and the wider economy! Throughout the week we'll be shining a spotlight on some of our apprentices, getting to know more about what they do and what they like about their apprenticeships! First up is Charlie Rogers, our Controls & Design Engineer Apprentice. Charlie works in our Technology Development directorate and loves working with the cutting-edge technology that is driving us towards #netzero. #NAW2025 | #apprenticeships | #STEM | #offshorewind

It's all starting to take shape at our new Technology Development Centre in Blyth! 🚀 Recently, our materials services team oversaw the installation of some new #tribology kit as they move into a bigger and better space! Get in touch and learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eBDDsqW7

📢 We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Floating Offshore Centre of Excellence (FOWCoE) project focused on major component replacement for floating wind turbines.   Leveraging the advanced physics simulator at The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), we aim to model and validate a cutting-edge in-situ replacement methodology.   👉 To find out more about how this project can help innovative companies validate their new technologies, contact the team here: fowcomsp@ore.catapult.org.uk Credit: WindFloat Atlantic project courtesy of Principle Power

Enabling, demonstrating and de-risking innovation is at the core of what we do at ORE Catapult. 🚀   Since its inception in 2020, our flagship, industry-backed technology acceleration programme, Launch Academy, has sought to foster innovation and accelerate the growth of SMEs and startups in the #offshorewind industry. In that time, alongside 17 unique sponsors, we’ve seen:   🔹55 companies graduate 🎓 🔹46 new products commercialised ⚙️ 🔹£27.5m of total investment raised by participant companies 📈 🔹150 new patents filed 💡 🔹68 jobs created 👩💼   Interested in learning more about how our award-winning Launch Academy programme is helping to grow the UK offshore wind supply chain? Read our impact report down below or by clicking here: https://lnkd.in/evH4xG95

Have you ever wondered how new, innovative blades become a reality? 💡 The Carbo4Power project set out in October 2020 to develop a new generation of lightweight, high-strength, multifunctional, digitalised multi-materials for #offshorewind and #tidal turbine rotor blades. These materials would be capable of improving the blades operational performance, durability and maintenance intervals whilst decreasing levelised cost of energy and environmental impact. Read our latest blog from our Principal R&D Engineer - Blade Structures, Peter Greaves, which delves into his experience working on the Carbo4Power project. Click here to learn more: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ezXJigfb AIMEN Centro Tecnológico | IRT Jules Verne

Want to know more about the UK offshore renewables landscape? 💡 We're running a series of Offshore Wind Market Access training sessions in the East of England in early February, which will focus on setting the scene for UK offshore renewables, highlighting the innovation support available and delving into data and digital developments! Come along if you're: ➡️ Interested in the offshore wind sector and market needs ➡️ Have a product, service or solution that can create insights from data ➡️ Interested in understanding research gaps and market needs (specific to the Colchester session) These sessions are delivered as part of the 'Connect' business support catalyst project. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬! The sessions will feature speakers from the Connect project's sponsors, ScottishPower Renewables and Equinor 📍 Essex Session: https://hubs.la/Q034KyQV0 📍 Suffolk Session: https://hubs.la/Q034KDcZ0 📍 Norfolk Session: https://hubs.la/Q034Kx_T0 Norfolk County Council | Essex County Council | Suffolk County Council | #offshorerenewables | #innovation | #offshorewind