Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

📢 LATEST NEWS: Twelve innovative businesses across Scotland's island and coastal communities have been selected for our latest #offshorewind business support programme! This programme, in partnership with the developers of four major Scottish offshore wind farm projects, MachairWind, Spiorad na Mara, Stoura and Arven, marks the first time our Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme has been exclusive to island and coastal community-based businesses. Since 2019, F4OR has supported more than 150 companies who have, on average, experienced an increase in turnover of 28% as a result of securing new contracts, with some becoming market-leading suppliers in the offshore wind sector. The successful companies joining us on the F4OR Scottish Islands and Coastal Communities programme are: 🔹 Ocean Ecology Ltd 🔹 MacLeod Construction Ltd 🔹 Shearwater Marine Services 🔹 SAMS Enterprise 🔹 A Campbell Electrical Services Ltd 🔹 GA Barnie Group 🔹 EMEC: European Marine Energy Centre 🔹 CALMAX CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 🔹 Malakoff Limited 🔹 Shetland Aerogenerators Ltd 🔹 Atlantic58 Ltd 🔹 Navantia UK Dr Davood Sabaei, our F4OR Project Manager, said this:   “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 12 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 18 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 with 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.” Click here to find out more about our Fit 4 Offshore Renewables programme: https://lnkd.in/eUypWvgi

Born of Coal but I was made in Blyth!   It’s difficult to accept that I’m reaching the end of my working life! Spanning over 4 decades I’ve had the privilege to work for four bastions of the North East economy ranging from manufacturer, to consultancy, to infrastructure owner to research organisation. To be part of such a rich engineering heritage has been both life enriching and truly humbling. If you’d like to read more see below.   I’m leaving the Catapult in the very capable hands of our new Chief Executive Steve Foxley, and the excellent Cristina Garcia Duffy, who will assume my responsibilities in the near term.   Thank you to everyone who I’ve had the pleasure to work with, to those that have taught me, mentored me, supported me, counselled me and tolerated me throughout my career, it’s been a blast and a privilege! I'm looking forward to the next Phase of my life, but my passion for Engineering and the North East will not dim!   Click here to read my blog: https://lnkd.in/eXuJgSeS

FENNEX are championing predictive digital health and safety solutions in the UK energy sector! 🚀 Founded in 2016, Fennex brings 25 years of expertise from the oil and gas sector and is now focused on digitally overhauling health and safety management for the wider energy sector. Fennex's WindSafe ™️platform is developed exclusively for the #offshorewind sector and provides developers and contractors with real-time safety information, allowing for immediate monitoring and targeted risk mitigation. Fennex have experienced our full suite of #supplychain support. Last year, they participated in our Fit for Offshore Renewables (F4OR) North East Scotland programme and have now been selected for Launch Academy Scotland. Moreover, through the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP), Fennex accessed Innovation Grant funding and continued their WindSafe™️development through OWGP's WEST business transformation programme. 📖 Read our full case study here: https://lnkd.in/efdAdWBe #innovation | #offshorewind | #offshorerenewables | #supplychain

🔊 WEBINAR: From Wind to Hydrogen: Technical and Operation Challenges! Join us this Thursday as we explore the development of wind facilities integrated with water electrolysers for the production of #greenhydrogen. As part of the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative's study, this webinar will examine the current work aimed at identifying and addressing the technical and operational hurdles in developing large-scale #hydrogen systems. We're excited to hear from our fantastic speakers, including: 🔹 Dr Inès Tunga, EngD CEng, Energy Systems Catapult 🔹Dr Anup Nambiar, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult 🔹Michael Walsh, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult 🔹 Edward Macfarlane, Abbott Risk Consulting 🕙 10:00 - 11:30 AM 📅 Thursday, 27th March, 2025 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eQNZHCzw

Tao Tech UK Ltd is pushing boundaries with its super lightweight variable altitude airships! 🌍 Tao Tech UK Ltd specialise in high altitude platforms (HAPs) that are designed to operate in the earth's stratosphere, 20km above the ground! Already active in telecommunications, surveillance and data transfer, Tao Tech UK Ltd now has its sights set on providing cost-effective backup communication and surveillance systems for environmental monitoring and secure communications for the offshore renewable energy sector! It was great to host Tao Tech's large airship in our 100m blade test facility at our National Renewable Energy Centre, so the Tao Tech team could carry out their hull integrity programme. Read our full case study here 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/epuhe7Xr Innovate UK #BusinessGrowth | #supplychain | #innovation

Keen to work at the forefront of #innovation and #technologydevelopment for offshore renewable energy? We're looking for an experienced Marketing Manager to join our team and help us deliver our vision of a thriving, net-zero UK powered by renewable energy. 🔹 Are you an exceptionally strong communicator with stakeholder engagement experience? 🗨️ 🔹Do you have strong writing and creative skills with the ability to craft compelling narratives around research, innovation and technological advancements? 💡 🔹Do you have experience in managing external creative agencies? ⚡ 🔹 Do you want to work at the UK's leading technology, innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy and coordinate our marketing activities in the North East of England and the Humber? If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! 👉 Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/e9zdZxpF

🚨 Spoiler alert: we really can make a significant impact on our future #skills shortage! Charles Thompson, our Director of Corporate Affairs wrote our latest blog which celebrates our continued #STEM engagement at Levenmouth Academy, where leavers going to a STEM destination have increased from just 6% in 2016 to a fantastic 37% last year. 💡 Read the full blog to see how a little investment and a lot of inspiration are making a tangible difference at Levenmouth: https://lnkd.in/dwUaBuVi Raytheon UK | SGN | QPE Ltd | Foundation Scotland | Fife Council | Scottish Renewables | RenewableUK #skills | #offshorewind | #offshorerenewables | #Fife | #education

The Port of Milford Haven is spearheading plans for the UK's #CleanMaritime future! 🚢 The HyPR (Hydrogen Port Refuelling) Project aims to facilitate the next generation of clean maritime vessels and as part of Phase 2, there are plans to design and install a hydrogen fuelling demonstrator. Led by the Port of Milford Haven and funded by the Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government, we're excited to continue working closely on the project with the partners, Apollo, Dolphyn Hydrogen and HAUSH. 📖 Click here to read our full blog: https://lnkd.in/eHanKchv 🎟️ Click here to register for our HyPR Project Phase 2 webinar: https://lnkd.in/eDy_rBYk Photo Credit: Owen Howells – Milford Haven Waterway 📅 Thursday 20th March 🕚 11:00 - 11:50 AM

📢 LATEST NEWS: A dozen businesses from the North East of Scotland have been chosen for our award-winning #offshorerenewables supply chain programme! Our fifth regional Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) supply chain support programme, funded and supported by Energy Transition Zone Ltd, was open exclusively to North East-Scotland-based businesses. F4OR has supported more than 150 companies over the last five years. As a result of securing new contracts, they have, on average, experienced an increase in turnover of 28%, and many have gone on to become market-leading suppliers to the offshore wind sector. Our F4OR Programme Manager, Davood Sabaei, said this: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯." “𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 18 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩.” 👉 Click here to read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/esVgNcRa GoreVega | Appetite | Microsoft 365 | BCorp | Centurion Group | AISUS | Ternan Energy | AMS Global Group | GS-Hydro | PDi Ltd | Grampian Fasteners | Hydrus Group | HPR ROV | Specialist Valve Services

📢 We've appointed leading shipbuilder APCL Group Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Limited to carry out an analysis of the future market opportunity for UK-built ships in #offshorewind With over 850GW of offshore wind capacity expected to be installed globally by 2050, there is a need to accelerate the production of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) to support this expansion. 🛥️ In partnership with the National Shipbuilding Office and The Crown Estate, this work will help to develop knowledge of how the UK can provide vessel manufacturing to support offshore wind and deliver jobs and economic investment to communities around the country. Our Clean Maritime Manager, Lauren Hadnum, said this: “𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴." Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/ddi2ygTM #offshorewind | #UKManufacturing | #CleanMaritime | #shipbuilding | #SOV | #NetZero | #offshorerenewables Image Credit: Bibby Marine eCSOV