An offshore wind research project including Dong Energy and Siemens Gamesa and the universities of Sheffield, Hull and Durham has won a share of £138m in grant funding.
The New Partnership in Offshore Wind project aims to address challenges facing current and future turbine technologies.
It is one of 11 projects receiving funding under the Partnerships for a Prosperous Nation initiative.
Some £31m of government funding will come from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
This money will be matched by a further £36m from partner organisations and £11m from universities’ funds.
The EPSRC will provide £3.2m, while Dong and Siemens Gamesa are also contributing £2.5m.
Contributions from the three universities bring the project’s total funding to £7.6m.
The funding will be used to further the understanding of ‘condition monitoring’ in a bid to reduce the cost of offshore wind, Dong said.
Dong UK country manager for wind power Benj Sykes said: “This further funding from the EPSRC demonstrates the government’s support for this technology, and shows that industry, academia and government are continuing to collaborate to maintain the UK’s status as the global leader in offshore wind.”
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