Fern Communications has been awarded a grant to help further develop its WaveCom two-way radio system, which will be used at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm.
The Lowestoft company said the project received $50,000 from the Supply Chain Innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (Score) programme, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and is delivered by OrbisEnergy.
Fern said it had further developed the radio system so that it can be used by multiple operators and sub-contractors across a wider area.
Fern managing director Jennifer Cushion said: “Our radio system will provide the east coast offshore renewables industry with huge efficiency savings.
“Instead of each company and subcontractor having to set up their own radio network, ours will be readily available and fully operational.
“But we could not have done it without the Score grant, which is helping us cover the research and development costs, months ahead of income coming on stream.”
Score is open to companies with fewer than 250 employees and an annual turnover of less than €50m.
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