Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

GET YOUR TICKETS: We’ve got less than 1 month to go! At the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event, we’ll be showcasing how we’re driving UK offshore wind innovation through our programmes and exploring opportunities and challenges in the sector. This event, hosted with our delivery partner, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership , brings together political and industry leaders, investors, and procurement experts. Featuring: Keynotes & panel sessions 🎤 Investment pitches 💰 Product showcases 🌟 Innovative exhibits 🛠️ 👉 Book your tickets here: https://hubs.la/Q02MS10b0 📍 ExCel, London: 10th December, 2024. reNEWS - Renewable Energy News | EnBW Generation UK | bp | Equinor | Ørsted | BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership | The Crown Estate | West of Orkney Windfarm | NOF | ScottishPower Renewables | Innovate UK | RenewableUK | #CelticSeaCluster | #OWIC | #spotlightonsupplychain #supplychain #offshorewind

📢 LATEST NEWS: Crown Estate Scotland has committed £250k to expand Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOWCoE) programme. We're excited to announce that Crown Estate Scotland has contributed £250,000 to support the Environmental Interactions Strategic Programme (EISP) - one of four collaborative, multi-year programmes to deliver rigorous research and thought leadership for the sector. The EISP focuses on developing and expanding the evidence-based body of knowledge informing the delivery of an efficient, timely and transparent environmental impact assessment process for floating offshore wind. 🐬 💬 Our Principal Portfolio Manager for Floating Offshore Wind, Andrew Stormonth-Darling CEng, said this: “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑲 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚, 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. “𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅’𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒅, 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅.” Members of EISP include Crown Estate Scotland, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Marine Scotland, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales and The Crown Estate. Click here to read the full announcement: https://hubs.la/Q02Zjhpl0

A double win for TIGGOR participants last night at Dynamo North East's Dynamites Awards 2024 last night! 🎇 🎉 Our Technology, Innovation and Green Growth for Offshore Renewables participants, Kinewell Energy and Transmission Dynamics, both won awards in a celebration of the North East's thriving tech sector. 🌟 Kinewell Energy won the 'Dynamites Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award, sponsored by Gateshead College 🌟 Transmission Dynamics won the 'Dynamites Remarkable Innovation (SME) Award sponsored by Greggs. A huge congratulations to both companies on very deserved wins!

We're thrilled to announce that ScottishPower Renewables is sponsoring one of our breakout sessions at the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event! ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and ORE Catapult have collaborated on several initiatives to promote innovation and collaboration in the offshore renewables industry, including this year’s supply chain programme, National Launch Academy 2024. Join us and the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership in this important conversation where attendees will learn more about opportunities in the offshore wind supply chain, network, witness exciting pitches from the supply chain and more. 🌱 🎟️👉Get your ticket now: https://hubs.ly/Q02Yddkk0 reNEWS - Renewable Energy News | #spotlightonsupplychain #supplychain #offshorewind

We're committed to supporting the development of the North-of-Tyne offshore renewable energy supply chain! Through our Technology, Innovation and Green Growth for Offshore Renewables (TIGGOR) 2 programme, we're partnering with Newcastle College to support #skills development within the local supply chain. 👷♀️ Register your interest below for these fully funded upskilling courses, which include: 🔹Project Management 🔹Leadership 🔹Health & Safety and more! 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: https://hubs.la/Q02Z4pML0 The TIGGOR 2 programme is funded by The North East Combined Authority. Equinor | EDF Renewables UK & Ireland

Allan MacAskill our Co-Chief Technical Officer, was interviewed yesterday for BBC Radio 4, discussing the exciting potential of floating wind technology and its significant impact on Scotland's energy future and our local supply chain. Kirstine Wood, in her role as Head of Communications and Public Affairs, was there to support and provided additional insight into Green Volt - our pioneering floating offshore wind project we are developing with JV partner Vårgrønn. Read Kirstine’s blog and access the link to listen to the full interview with presenter Evan Davis, as part of BBC Radio 4’s daily news and current affairs programme - PM: https://loom.ly/lcKS3XU Thanks to Evan Davis at BBC Radio 4 and to our industry partners also interviewed as part of the feature - the Energy Transition Zone Ltd’s Chief Executive, Maggie McGinlay and Hugh Riddell, Regional Partnership Manager at Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. #Floatingoffshorewind #netzero #justtransition

📢 LATEST NEWS: The next generation of Scottish offshore innovators unveiled! 💡 We're excited to announce the ten innovative companies who have secured a place on our inaugural Launch Academy Scotland programme! The successful companies - Airspection, AJT Engineering Ltd., Fathom Group, FENNEX, Frontier Robotics, Innovair™, Kraken Robotics, Revive Geoscience Services, Smarter Subsea Handling and SubWorx Ltd - are all developing innovative technologies to derisk and reduce costs for the wider #offshorewind industry and helping to accelerate the transition to #netzero. Launch Academy Scotland is sponsored by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership, OW Ocean Winds and Inch Cape Offshore Limited. Our Director of Strategy and Emerging Tech, Dr Stephen Wyatt, said this: “The UK is recognised internationally as a global leader and innovator within the offshore wind sector. We recognise that the industry-focused thinking, creativity and collaborative approach demonstrated by Launch Academy supply chain companies will be instrumental in helping the sector deliver its crucial role in achieving energy security and clean renewable energy targets while smoothing the transition towards net zero. “We are grateful to our industry partners and sponsors who support the Launch Academy mission to strengthen the UK’s offshore supply chain, and will continue working with our cohort companies and expert partners to drive the industry forward.” Read the full announcement here: https://hubs.la/Q02Z3svd0 #offshorewind | #offshorerenewables | #innovation

Aberdeen is helping to drive the UK's transition to #netzero! 🚀 Our Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC) was featured on BBC Radio 4's PM show yesterday (20th Nov). Tune in from 17:58 onwards as Hugh Riddell, our Regional Partnerships Manager, explains our vital floating offshore wind testing capabilities at FLOWIC! Moreover, our Graduate Engineer, Millie Anderson, explains the advantages of floating offshore wind. The full segment on #offshorerenewables starts at 13:07 and features Maggie McGinlay, CEO of Energy Transition Zone Ltd and Alan MacAskill, CTO at Flotation Energy. 🔊 Click here to listen: https://hubs.la/Q02Z0TmW0

SPOTLIGHT: On the TIGGOR exhibitors! We are excited to announce some of the TIGGOR exhibitors that will be at our UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event this year! 🚀 Our TIGGOR (Technology, Innovation & Green Growth for Offshore Renewables) programme is driving growth, creating employment opportunities, and nurturing the next generation of talents. So far, it’s empowered 70 companies, helped create 30 jobs, and enabled £6.7 million of R&D expenditure in the region.📈💼 The TIGGOR exhibitors this year include: Kinewell Energy | SMD | Transmission Dynamics | Walker Subsea Engineering Ltd | Acuity Robotics Ltd | Unasys    🔍 Join us at the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event on the 10th of December to explore how our programmes – Launch Academy, F4OR, TIGGOR and OWGP – are revolutionising the supply chain landscape! 💬🛠️     🔥 Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to learn about our support for cutting-edge technologies and expand your professional network. 🌐     Secure your spot now while you can: https://hubs.la/Q02MS10b0  Conference held in partnership with Offshore Wind Growth Partnership ExCel, London: 10th December, 2024.  reNEWS - Renewable Energy News   EnBW Generation UK | bp | Equinor | Ørsted | BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership | #spotlightonsupplychain #supplychain #offshorewind     West of Orkney Windfarm | NOF | Scottish Renewables | Innovate UK | RenewableUK | #CelticSeaCluster | #OWIC 

Calling the offshore wind industry! 🍻 Join us for an Offshore Wind Drinks event ahead of the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight on Monday the 9th of December. We're excited to bring together the offshore wind community of London and the wider UK, alongside co-hosts the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership , Wynteg, Equinor and West of Orkney Windfarm! 📍The Founders Arms 🕕 6:00pm onwards 🔗Register here: https://hubs.la/Q02YLd230 If you haven't already, grab your ticket for the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight on the 10th of December here: https://hubs.la/Q02YKRc80 #offshorewinddrinks | #spotlightonsupplychain Peter Tipler