Ten businesses from Norfolk and Suffolk have secured a place in the first intake of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s industry-backed Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) New Anglia Programme.
The companies will participate in the 12-month business improvement and supply chain growth scheme, which aims at help companies with existing skills successfully move into renewables.
ORE Catapult’s East of England regional innovation manager Andy Holyland said: “The Norfolk and Suffolk region is home to some of the largest offshore wind projects in the UK and there is a huge opportunity for local companies to take advantage of the economic opportunities this brings and to build on regional strengths to deliver local content to projects.
“These first 10 companies will benefit from being part of a cohort, increasing industry engagement, growing confidence, raising profile and market awareness. They will be able to develop new relationships, technologies, capabilities and experiences, adding value to the regional and national supply chain.”
The winning bidders were selected from 53 companies that expressed an interest in the scheme and have a diverse set of expertise ranging from offshore services, engineering skills and power generation knowhow.
The line-up includes TECOSIM Simulation, Proeon Systems, Warren Services, Fern Communications, EnerMech, Stowen Clean Energy, Safinah, Prior Power Solutions, Aquaterra Energy and Lintott Control Systems.
The programme is jointly funded by the and is jointly funded by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
New Anglia LEP chief executive Chris Starkie said: “The high quality of applications highlights our region’s very strong energy supply chain and supporting those businesses to grow and innovate will ensure that we can continue to deliver on our ambition to be the UK’s clean growth region.”