Teesside yard EEW OSB is to supply 35 transition pieces for Orsted’s 752MW Borssele 1&2 wind complex off the coast of the Netherlands.
The deal, first reported in the latest issue of subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS, is one of several announced as part of a UK Netherlands Innovation Showcase event later today.
Orsted UK managing director Matthew Wright said: “This multi-million pound order secures 180 jobs in Teesside and high utilisation in the facility for the first half of 2019.
“By building long-term relationships with highly productive suppliers such as EEW OSB, MHI Vestas Blades UK, and Ordtek, UK companies from across the value chain can not only benefit from UK projects, they can really take advantage of the growing global export opportunity.”
Another deal involves Dutch company Boskalis and UK outfit Tekmar Energy. The companies have announced a framework agreement covering new product development and innovation in the offshore wind industry.
Tekmar expects to create 50 highly-skilled UK jobs across the sector as a result of the deal.
Meanwhile, Dutch offshore engineering company Royal IHC is to open a new base in Newcastle at the end of the month.
The Department for International Trade is hosting the Innovation Showcase, as King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visit the UK for their first official visit.
BEIS Secretary Greg Clark said: “The UK has become a beacon for clean growth, leading the world in cutting emissions whilst growing the economy and creating almost 400,000 jobs across the UK.
“Our Industrial Strategy identified clean growth as one of the greatest industrial opportunities for the UK. Tekmar Energy and EEW OSB are reaping the benefits, providing parts for offshore wind farms off our coasts and around the world.”
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said: “The Dutch state visit is an opportunity to celebrate the UK and the Netherlands’ more than 400-year long trading heritage.
“As the UK forges an independent trade policy for the first time in more than four decades, my international economic department is working with the Dutch – our North Sea partners – towards a bright trading future too.
“The Innovation Showcase will demonstrate the huge opportunities for our economies – two of the world’s most innovative – to collaborate even further, creating jobs and prosperity for generations to come.”