Building Offshore Wind in CORE: Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering

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Ministerial Foreword

Offshore wind is a UK success story and the UK is open for business.

The UK is the world leader in offshore wind. We have more offshore wind installed than anywhere else in the world.

We are an island nation, blessed with strong winds and shallow seas – and this energy resource is on our doorstep. We are determined to move to cleaner and offshore wind has an important role to play in our long term plan for a balanced, low carbon energy mix.

I want the UK to secure the economic benefits of this new industry. Through our offshore wind industrial strategy, the Government is committed to working in partnership with business to build a competitive, innovative UK supply chain for offshore wind, delivering jobs and economic growth.

Building a strong supply chain needs the commitment and expertise of local partners, working alongside central government to support businesses who want to invest here. The Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE) partnership offers an integrated and cooperative approach between Government and Local Enterprise Partnerships in England, to provide the best possible support to businesses choosing England as an investment location.

The Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy

CORE brings together the relevant expertise from UK Central Government and the six major investment hubs in England to support business growth and showcase opportunities for foreign direct investment (FDI) for the offshore wind sector.

This joint working alliance between parties strengthens the complete England offer and highlights it as a connected, credible and exciting place to invest.

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The UK is one of the leading business locations in the world and the number 1 destination for inward investment (FDI) in Europe.

The UK is also the best major location for ‘ease of doing business’ in Europe according to an independent assessment by the World Bank that considered a range of key commercial operating factors, such as setting up and running a business, labour regulations and obtaining finance.

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The perfect location to expand your business

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Businesses have several England already hosts many of the world’s England has attracted key players in the important criteria when assessing major companies due to its beneficial tax offshore wind market and is looking to regime, labour laws, strong economy and build its supply chain to service projects new countries to locate to or government which supports business in UK and European waters. expand in. Choosing England investment. as a location provides access This brochure provides details of the to hundreds of years of world England is a logistics hub to the world with six Centres for Offshore Renewable excellent connections by road, rail, air and Engineering (COREs) in England leading technology, research sea. From our port sites you can gain easy identified as having optimum conditions & development (R&D) and access to the UK’s offshore wind Rounds 1, for the offshore wind industry with the engineering excellence. 2 and 3 developments as well as the wider land, infrastructure, skills and supply European market. chain expertise required to take advantage of the world’s largest engineering opportunity. Building Offshore Wind in England 5

England offers the ideal location choice for offshore wind businesses

Exploitation of the largest offshore A strong and supported port wind market will require a significant infrastructure, an established skills expansion of the supply chain. base with favourable labour costs, centres of excellence, financial support and a network of industry bodies are available to an offshore wind company based in the UK. • Environmental conditions mean that the areas off the coast of the UK offer the best wind resources in Europe with a theoretical potential “harvest” of 1,000TWh every year, creating a very large opportunity for long term investment. • The UK has the largest ports industry in Europe • The scale and size of the UK offshore wind with several sites suitable for offshore wind market offers a range of revenue and supply manufacturing, construction and operations side opportunities. The UK has 40% of EU & maintenance (O&M). wind capture capacity and the largest project portfolio in the world providing opportunities in • Many centres of excellence, a large talent pool design, manufacturing, construction, and a substantial skilled workforce have been maintenance and operation. established around the country to support growth and greater collaboration. • More supply chain capacity will be needed to meet electricity demand. Electricity produced • Government support is accessible through by offshore wind has increased from 0.65 TWh financial assistance and initiatives. in 2006 to over 11.5 TWh produced in 2013. This growth will continue and the UK Government is committed to a major expansion of offshore wind to 2020 and beyond.

• Through the offshore wind industrial strategy, the UK Government is committed to working in partnership with business to build a competitive, innovative UK supply chain for offshore wind. 6 Building Offshore Wind in England

Opportunities to support the UK market

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Opportunities exist to supply components The offshore wind industry is a major user Opportunities exist for consultants in to all levels of the supply chain. These of composites in blade manufacture and areas of land agency, finance/economic, include Tier 1 items such as turbines, blades, nacelle body panels. document management, engineering, towers, gearboxes, generators, control legal, public relations, insurance, and systems, transformers, foundations and Operations and Maintenance of the Environment Impact Assessment. cables; and Tier 2 & 3 components such as installed offshore wind farms will require machine parts, flanges, fixings, bearings, substantial long term investment. There castings, forgings and rolled steel. are opportunities to set up O&M bases in all of the port sites near UK wind farms. Opportunities also exist in components and tooling manufacture/supply as well as R&D of processes and materials. Building Offshore Wind in England 7

Growth areas of opportunity in England

England is open for business and looking for potential Joint Ventures, Inward Investment, Partnering Opportunities and developing new trade links.

It is anticipated that more than 2000km • Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of subsea export cable will be required for • Construction/Assembly Round 3 projects before 2020. • Turbine Components In addition to multiple substations, • Substations converters, reactors and switchgear, a • Composites combination of AC, DC and HVDC (high • Tooling voltage direct current) are expected to • Project Management be required. • Health and Safety Locating your business in England will • Supply Chain Components also enable you to conduct your business • Forgings and Castings in GBP pounds Sterling (£). This will • Vessels for Installation, Access significantly de-risk your product or and Egress service to a potential buyer already based • High Voltage Electrical Equipment in the UK as it removes risk from currency fluctuations. • Foundations • Training The power from UK wind developments • Logistics will be produced in £/MW, and as such • Cables there are many advantages in locating your business in England and providing • Consultancy Services your product or service in GBP. • New Products and Services

Assisted Area Status:

The 2014-20 Assisted Areas Map came All six COREs in England include designated UK Assisted Areas can be viewed at into effect on 1 July 2014. The Map confers Assisted Areas, thus offering potential www.ukassistedareasmap.com and eligibility for Regional Aid, other forms of benefits for companies and inward investors further guidance is available from State Aid and certain tax allowances. that may be considered alongside the www.gov.uk/state-aid and specific opportunities in Enterprise Zones. www.gov.uk/government/publications/ state-aid-assisted-areas-introduction. 8 Building Offshore Wind in England

Offshore Wind Investment Organisation

The Government’s Offshore Wind The OWIO team has been working closely investors and developers alike. OWIO is Investment Organisation (OWIO) with all developers, existing UK companies, a key member within the CORE group and target investors to deliver against and supports the group to develop and has been established within UK the expectations of the UK offshore wind showcase their proposition, highlight Trade and Investment (UKTI) industrial strategy by progressing potential opportunities overseas and provides to boost investment in the UK investments into the UK and supporting access to offshore wind events within the offshore wind supply chain as UK companies to compete for business in UKTI network overseas. both domestic and international markets. the industry continues to grow. For more information please contact The OWIO team is composed primarily of the UKTI Investment services team: The UK’s offshore wind industry currently industry experts based in UKTI working supports around 7,000 direct local closely with offshore wind teams in the gov.uk/ukti jobs, and OWIO’s work aims to increase Department for Business, Innovation & [email protected] this figure by leveraging new inward Skills and the Department of Energy & Tel: +44 (0)20 7333 5442 investment in the supply chain and Climate Change. supporting existing UK suppliers to win business. OWIO’s work is focussed on the Working together with CORE the priority subsectors of turbines, towers, OWIO team plays an important role in foundations, substations and cables, increasing the level of UK content in which represent the greatest additional the global offshore wind supply chain value for the UK supply chain. and provides clarity and assurance to

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Supporting Investment into offshore wind

JDR Cables, Hartlepool, Tees Valley CORE Enterprise Zone Building Offshore Wind in England 11

Enterprise Zones

Enterprise Zones are at the Enterprise Zones benefit from: Enterprise Zones are able to offer large centre of the Government’s areas of land for development in addition to existing offices and business units that • Up to 100% business rate discount ambitious long-term plans to are ready built for supply chain companies, worth up to £275,000 per business over build a strong economy with many targeted at the offshore renewable a 5 year period. sustainable growth and shared energy sector. prosperity. Each zone offers • Within Enterprise Zones, 100% of business rates paid are retained locally, In Budget 2014, the Government renewed direct benefit to the businesses creating funding for local infrastructure its commitment to the Enterprise Zones that choose to locate within and other needs. programme by extending the deadlines it, through a combination of for accessing business rate discounts and • Support from the Government to ensure enhanced capital allowances in Enterprise government support, financial that superfast broadband is rolled out Zones. This means businesses have until incentives and planning freedoms. throughout each zone. March 2018 to locate on an Enterprise Zone to be able to access business • Government support to offer simplified 5 of England’s 6 CORE sites align with rate discounts. Where enhanced capital local authority planning. Enterprise Zones. The North Eastern, allowances are available, businesses have until March 2020 to make their Tees Valley, Humber, Liverpool City • 100% enhanced capital allowances for investment. Region and Great Yarmouth and businesses making large investments in Lowestoft CORE sites can all access the plant and machinery on certain zones Further details of the benefits that benefits associated with Enterprise Zones. within Assisted Areas. Enterprise Zones bring to each CORE The Government is committed to working site are available on the relevant CORE actively with Enterprise Zones to help brochure page, along with CORE contacts unblock any barriers to delivery, such as for each zone. Department for Transport support on transport infrastructure, Defra support For more information about investment on addressing environmental issues and opportunities in Enterprise Zones visit: UKTI advice on marketing zones to www.enterprisezones.communities.gov.uk international investors. 12 Building Offshore Wind in England Building Offshore Wind in England 13

£20 billion of investment expected in UK waters by 2020

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Burbo Bank, Liverpool City Region CORE. Photo: RenewableUK 14 Building Offshore Wind in England

Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE)

In England there are 6 locations CORE areas provide: England’s 6 CORE sites are: that have been awarded special CORE status by the UK • Excellent infrastructure and logistics North Eastern CORE – consisting of Newcastle, Sunderland, Blyth, Durham Government. CORE status is • Large amounts of available land and Northumberland. awarded through recognising for development including deep water access the existing port infrastructure, Tees Valley CORE – consisting of Hartlepool, Stockton, Darlington, • Skilled and available local workforce skills, supply chain and local Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland. Government support to enable • Experienced supply chain rapid growth within the offshore Humber CORE – consisting of Grimsby, wind sector. • Easy access to Round 1, 2 and 3 Hull, Immingham. offshore wind farms Liverpool City Region CORE – consisting • Extensive business support available of Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Widnes. • Local government support providing free location finding services and assistance Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft on skills, premises and grant funding CORE – Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, applications. Wells and Beccles.

South East CORE – consisting of and (including Thamesport, Sheerness, Ramsgate and Whitstable) and Essex (Harwich and Brightlingsea). Building Offshore Wind in England 15

2020 offshore wind opportunity: Over 10GW £20 billion investment 30,000 jobs 6 CORE areas North Eastern Tees Valley Humber

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The North Eastern CORE

Recognised as a primary location A place to grow and invest Exceptional infrastructure and to grow the offshore renewables space to grow energy market, the area’s strong The North East economy is a growing economy. In the last few years employment heritage in industrial innovation The area offers excellent transport links figures, economic output and productivity for import and export through Newcastle alongside its geography, have all reached and sustained record International Airport and its three deep infrastructure and established levels. Productivity figures in which river ports which offer state of the art Gross Added Value (GVA) and hours supply chain means it is at the logistic solutions – Port of Blyth, Port of worked grew by 14% between 2009 and Sunderland and . It also has forefront of offshore engineering. 2012. In particular manufacturing has excellent overland connections with easy seen a significant growth in productivity access to London and Scotland including The North is ideal for increasing by 50% in the last seven years. two direct trains an hour to London, investment. The area has the shortest Edinburgh and the Midlands. access to two of the UK’s biggest planned Its growing economy makes it the chosen offshore wind farms – Dogger Bank and location for many companies to invest. Newcastle International Airport – the the Moray Firth. This includes Nissan in Sunderland and North East’s largest airport with 4.46m Hitachi at Newton Aycliffe. Nissan’s customers in 2013. It connects to 80 The North East of England is a gateway to Sunderland plant is the UK’s largest and destinations directly and provides access marine related industries. There is a thriving most productive car plant. Their success in to a global network through London, Paris, supply chain, with a particular strength in the North East has led to them investing Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin and Dubai, subsea. It is home to world class research £420m into the manufacturing of its including nine daily flights to London and facilities including the Offshore Renewable 100% electric Nissan LEAF, along with the up to four daily flights to Aberdeen. Energy Catapult (formerly ) that company’s first lithium-ion battery plant are driving forward development and outside Japan. Hitachi is also investing in Port of Blyth - offers strategic sites innovation in offshore renewables. the area, including a new £82m factory at alongside deep water berths, handling Newton Aycliffe to build high speed trains. expertise, heavy lift craneage, extensive Its established reputation in manufacturing fabrication storage facilities and access to attracts internationally companies in the Financial support distribution. offshore and subsea sector, proving its ability to attract, retain and grow inward There are several sources of funding Port of Sunderland – is the second largest investment. This, alongside its first class for investors coming to the North East municipally owned port in the UK, the Port infrastructure, transport and logistic area. As well as financial incentives on of Sunderland has a range of sites and provisions means that the North East of Enterprise Zone sites, there are North East premises, with instant access from open England is a unique and strategic location. funds available to businesses who create sea to deep water river and dock berths. jobs and grow the economy, for example: www.portofsunderland.co.uk “The North Eastern area is the perfect location for offshore wind industries to The North East Investment Fund – Port of Tyne – one of the UK’s major deep grow and develop. The area is a hugely www.nelep.co.uk/ne-investment-fund sea ports, with 250 hectares of available attractive and successful site for inward The £55m loan fund offers investment land (30 hectares has Enterprise Zone investors with extensive collaboration for major infrastructure and innovative status), provides world-class handling networks, cutting edge research projects. Investments include new facilities and integrated logistics solutions institutions and testing facilities and workshop and office facilities to support combining road, rail and sea transport. world renowned universities. It had the the offshore wind sector in Blyth. www.offshorewindtyne.com fastest growing regional economy in the decade to 2008 and is the only area to North East Finance - post a trade surplus. It is committed to www.northeastfinance.org – encouraging and supporting businesses venture capital for small and medium to develop and expand, creating more size companies. and better jobs through making and trading on a world stage. Its iconic Let’s Grow – landmarks, vibrant cities and picturesque www.nea2fguide.co.uk/funds/letsgrow – countryside alongside competitive grant finance to inward investors and property prices creates the ideal place high growth businesses. for employees to live and work.” Paul Woolston, Chair of North Eastern LEP. Building Offshore Wind in England 17

BLYTH OFFSHORE (4MW)

NAREC DEMONSTRATOR SITE (100MW) DOGGER Port of Blyth BANK (4GW) Port of Tyne

Port of Sunderland

TEESSIDE (62MW)

Port of Blyth Port of Tyne

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North East Enterprise Zone Sites A global market with an Houlder: is an innovative engineering established supply chain services company that supports the The North East Enterprise Zone covers 115 design, build, operation and enhancement of marine assets. It has been bringing hectares of land over ten sites across the The North East’s reputation to attract, clarity to client and industry challenges in North East offering the opportunity for retain and grow inward investment has the North East for 30 years. businesses to locate in key and strategic led to global offshore wind and subsea sites within the offshore wind sector. By companies choosing to locate here. It Advanced Industrial Solutions: AIS providing supportive planning approach, has become a gateway to marine related Training delivers world-class accredited financial support and incentives the industries, building on its established offshore and heights training from state- Enterprise Zone sites help businesses to reputation as a world provider for of-the-art facilities, which includes their establish themselves as market ready manufacturing. quickly. Support includes enhanced capital own onsite ‘The Hotel at AIS’ whilst AIS Technical manufacturers award winning allowances up to £100 million and business The area has a highly developed supply insulation and passive fire protection rate discounts. chain to the offshore and renewables jackets to a global market place. industry. Its long tradition of heavy North Bank of Tyne engineering and experience in the oil and “The North East of England has a long gas industry mean it has a world leading established and globally competitive Focussing on advanced manufacturing supply chain with over 250 companies manufacturing and service sector (subsea), offshore (oil and gas) and invested in offshore wind supply. supporting the offshore Oil & Gas renewables, the North Bank of the River industry. Many companies that were Tyne area offers a cluster of three sites. Siemens: a leading global engineering focused exclusively on offshore and Situated on the banks of the and technology services company across subsea oil & gas have already expanded the sites total more than 70 hectares. the key sectors of energy, industry, to include offshore wind and are currently infrastructure and cities, and healthcare. • Neptune Yard, 18.01 hectares, enhanced engaged in offshore wind projects

capital allowances, local development worldwide. The Offshore Engineering Vattenfall Wind Energy: one of Europe’s order approved. sector in the North East of England has largest generators of electricity and the invested ahead of the curve and is now • Swan Hunters, 17.20 hectares, business largest producer of heat, the company’s ready and eager to play a rate relief, local development order primary markets are Scandinavia, big role in the growth of offshore approved. Germany and the Netherlands. wind in the UK and beyond.”

• Port of Tyne, 30.9 hectares, enhanced Liebherr: one of the world’s leading Michael Bellamy, General Manager capital allowances, local development manufacturers of construction machinery GE Oil and Gas and North East LEP order due to be approved. and a supplier of technically innovative, Board Member. user-oriented products and services in Port of Blyth numerous other fields.

Situated adjacent to the Port of Blyth the Maersk Training: provides training for the four cluster sites are all part of the Blyth maritime, oil and gas, offshore wind, and Estuary Zone (BEREZ) crane industries. and next to the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (formerly Narec). Focussing on A&P Tyne: a leading engineering services the energy and renewable sectors, the sites and fabrication group providing tailor- offer the opportunity to develop office made solutions for customers in the global space, R&D facilities and light industry. marine and energy sectors.

The Enterprise Zone forms part of some Offshore Group Newcastle: a UK 150 hectares of land available for large company working in offshore oil and gas scale investments with direct quay access, and the renewable energy industries, as well as smaller projects requiring offering professional services including fabrication, R&D or office facilities. engineering, design and installation.

The four sites have simplified planning Doosan Babcock Energy: builds, maintains processes and offer either enhanced and extends the life of power plants across capital allowances or business rate relief. the world.

• Dun Cow Quay, 0.51 hectares, business IHC Engineering: delivers bespoke rate relief. engineering solutions for complex offshore • Commissioners Quay, 2.08 hectares, applications with core expertise in pipe business rate relief. and cable laying, subsea trenching, and offshore handling. • East Sleekburn, 11.13 hectares, enhanced capital allowances, local development SMD: one of the world’s leading order approved. manufacturers of remote subsea • Bates, 3.04 hectares, enhanced intervention equipment, operating in capital allowances, local development hazardous environments worldwide. order approved. Building Offshore Wind in England 19

Subsea Plough made by SMD, Newcastle Reef Subsea Umbilicals

Jacket construction at OGN, Newcastle College’s Energy Training Academy

SMD QT-1000 in testing, North Eastern CORE Samsung Heavy Industries 7MW nacelle arriving at Narec

Houlder fabricated 200t offshore wind gripper arms Shepherd Offshore 20 Building Offshore Wind in England

Highly skilled workforce World class facilities Networks

Engineering and manufacturing play a The North East of England is home The North East of England has a strong dynamic role in the North East economy, to a number of advanced knowledge support network for businesses involved providing the area with the skills needed networks, research institutes and in the energy sectors. For example NOF to embrace the challenges of offshore centres of excellence for the testing and Energy, a leading business development wind activity. commercialisation of renewable technology. organisation based in Durham, is one of many organisation involved in supporting This is supported by four world class The Offshore Renewable Energy and growing the chain, universities, which are leading the way Catapult (formerly Narec), located in nationally and internationally. in developing innovation including Blyth, Northumberland provides the subsea and offshore engineering. These most comprehensive open-access test NOF Energy include ’s Neptune and research facilities anywhere in the Based in Durham, NOF Energy is a National Centre for Subsea and Offshore world. Its reliability, design verification business development organisation who Engineering, on the River Tyne adjacent to and accelerated life testing facilities works on behalf of the offshore renewables the Enterprise Zone site and many of the (electrical and mechanical) provides industry to identify global. area’s key offshore businesses. the perfect environment for companies to develop new technologies. The Energi Coast Complementing the universities are a centre offers access to world-leading The representative group for North East network of 9 colleges and numerous independent research helping to de-risk England’s offshore renewables sector, training facilities providing the area with projects and encouraging supply chains promoting the region’s extensive offshore one of the strongest pools of relevant skills to use technology sooner. The centre renewable energy sector expertise and in the UK. These include: also plays an important role in attracting unique offering to industry. and anchoring internationally mobile Newcastle College’s Energy Training investment in the UK. Subsea North East Academy - provides a hub for offshore The advocacy group for North East wind and wind technologies skills, training Its facilities include: England’s subsea sector, promoting the and development Gateshead College Skills region’s innovation and excellence in the Academy for Sustainable Manufacturing • 15MW Capacity Drive Train development of subsea technologies and Innovation (SASMI) - a world class Test Facility and solutions. centre to train workers for green industry • 3MW Capacity Turbine Drive Train that trains the future workforce with Test Facility NETPark Net the skills they need to work in low • 100M Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility NETPark Net is a virtual innovation carbon industries. • 50M Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility support network which provides access • Electrical and Materials Test Laboratory to a range of business support services “The North Eastern Core has the • Wet and Dry Dock Test Facilities for companies within engineering, capability to deliver the skills and • 100MW Capacity Blyth Offshore Wind science and technology. knowledge required for the future of Demonstration Site the renewable energy sector. Our world • Offshore Anemometry Hub “The North East area is ideally placed class universities, colleges and private to meet the opportunity presented by providers are geared towards delivering For more information see: www.narec.co.uk the world’s largest offshore wind market. the engineering and offshore skills that With full connectivity to rail, road and air the North East is famous for and which The Neptune National Centre for Subsea transport, access to a skilled and flexible are a key driver of our future. Access to and Offshore Engineering labour pool, and the leading advanced state of the art facilities and alignment to Newcastle University is leading the research centre on the doorstep, this our research capability ensures that we development of a new national centre region is ready to rapidly deliver a major are delivering tomorrow’s people today.” that will develop new materials and centre for manufacturing, maintenance Andrew Hodgson Chief Executive SMD, technologies to explore the world’s and service of offshore wind turbines.” Chair of Subsea North East, Vice Chair of oceans. The facility will be the first of its Andrew Moffat, CEO, Port of Tyne the North East LEP. kind in the UK, bringing together industry and academia to create a world-class engineering research facility.

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Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) Tekmar subsea cable, umbilical and flexible protection systems

Rubber-lined guides by Barrier and Aquaseal on the AIS Offshore Survival Training Humber Gateway Project

A&P Tyne, Newcastle

For more information or to request the full North Eastern CORE prospectus please contact:

Contact: Helen Golightly Mobile: +44 (0)7900 226078 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nelep.co.uk 22 Building Offshore Wind in England

Tees Valley CORE

Tees Valley is a prime location In offshore wind, Tees Valley has one of the Logistics: Tees Valley has the fastest- for investment with a 50 year most complete supply chains anywhere in flowing urban traffic speeds in the UK, the UK and, combined with its proximity to integrated rail connected port sites and track record of delivering large market and available workforce, this makes three international airports within one scale projects in the oil and gas, Tees Valley a perfect location to invest. hours drive. It also boasts rail links to ship building and now offshore London (2hrs 25mins), Edinburgh wind industries. With the exception of South Bank Wharf, (2 hours) and Newcastle (30mins) all of the regions port sites are available today for immediate project start. Ports Cost competitive location: Tees Valley has Tees Valley is centrally located on the such as ABLE Middlesbrough Port could some of the lowest operating costs in the UK’s east coast and is an ideal location to be operational within months, allowing UK with rents and rates around half that access the North Sea. investors to start supplying from 2015. of major UK cities, a quarter of those in Having port sites ready today reduces London and up to six times cheaper The area has excellent links with Scotland, investment risk by removing the than Aberdeen. the North East and the Humber, providing uncertainty of sites not being ready. a pivotal role in the UK supply chain. Tees Availability of skilled staff: Tees Valley Valley is an excellent location for servicing For potential investors there is support has a ready skilled labour force which the UK market, including Siemens in the from Tees Valley Unlimited to answer is one of the most affordable in the UK. Humber, and provides significant logistics any questions, provide tours of the area Wage rates are, on average, 10% lower cost savings against shipping from other and support your business in making than the national average and there is a parts of Western Europe. its investment decision. This one to one wide pool of available labour. Tees Valley support continues for the life of the is home to 30,000 university students and Tees Valley’s main strengths are in its investment. is within one hour’s drive of six top class 9 deep water sites, 12 Enterprise Zones universities, where over 9,000 students and its world leading supply chain. There Engineering heritage: The heritage take engineering each year. are also over 16GW of offshore wind and expertise of the manufacturing and developments within 90 nautical miles. engineering sector in Tees Valley ranges Growing reputation as a renewable from automotive, ship building, chemicals, energy location: Tees Valley is at the Home to one of the largest chemical sites pharmaceuticals, steel, construction and cutting edge of renewable energy in Europe, the very heart of Tees Valley energy. Its experience is world-renowned developments, including one of the is in the energy industry. As a regional and continues to innovate. world’s first industrial Carbon Capture and economy it has diversified over time to Storage (CCS) projects. become a world leader in supplying the One of the largest oil and gas clusters world with high value chemicals and in the UK. The oil and gas supply chain in Innovative financial support for ambitious compounds, steel from SSI and TATA, Tees Valley is made up of over 400 direct, businesses: Tees Valley also has the and supporting UK energy demand from and 3,000 indirect companies employing Tees Valley Catalyst Fund which provides nuclear, offshore wind, onshore wind, over 4,250 people. The Tees Valley hosts the cash security for performance and , and world leading waste to leading industry names, including BP Cats, warranty bonds to allow companies energy projects. ConocoPhillips, SABIC, Lotte, Huntsman, to bid on bigger contracts. The Catalyst Wilton Engineering and Heerema. Fund is open to any company within Tees Within the region you will find 5 star golf Valley, and the fund is the first of its kind & spa resorts and £1m+ executive housing, in the world. however average house prices are also some of the lowest in the UK. Tees Valley also boasts some of the finest countryside the UK can offer. Building Offshore Wind in England 23

Wilton Engineering

DOGGER TAG Energy Solutions NORTH SEA BANK TEESSIDE (62MW) (4GW)

PD Ports Hartlepool

ABLE Seaton Port

South Bank Wharf and PD Ports TeesPort

ABLE Middlesbrough Port

Teesport Commerce Park and A&P Tees

North Sea Supply Base (AV Dawson)

Teesside Advanced Manufacturing Park WESTERMOST ROUGH HORNSEA (210MW) (4GW)

Siemens development

HUMBER GATEWAY (219MW)

Humber CORE (1.2GW)

LYNN & INNER DOWSING (194MW) LINCS (270MW)

RACE BANK (580MW) DUDGEON (400MW)

Turbine blades being loaded out at PD Ports Hartlepool. Pile moving at TAG Energy Solutions fabrication yard, Click for video on developing careers in Tees Valley. , Stockton-on-Tees 24 Building Offshore Wind in England

Opportunities Skills

Major opportunities to invest in Tees Valley A-frames: Subsea Innovation, Ennsub The training provision in Tees Valley is include foundations, cables, substations, very well developed and has supported the towers and the subsea sector. Each of Array Cables: JDR Cables engineering sector for over 100 years. these complement the existing supply chain and infrastructure. Logistics and Installation: PD Ports, AV Technical Training: TTE & NETA Dawson, Osprey Shipping, ALE Heavylift Tees Valley is also known as an excellent TTE Technical Training Group provide low cost location for suppliers looking to Modular Units / Blast Protection: MTE, specialist technical training, consultancy source / dual source components when Barrier Architectural Services and apprenticeships in the UK and setting up factories across Europe. Internationally for the Oil & Gas, Energy, Shipping Agency: Casper Shipping Manufacturing, Engineering and Tees Valley is at the forefront of floating Petrochemical industries. offshore wind turbines through our expert Cable Carousels: Marine Fabricators Ltd supply chain and key assets, including the High Voltage Training: Faraday Centre largest dry dock in Europe, ABLE Seaton Vessels: MPI Offshore Port. ABLE Seaton Port offers the perfect Rope Access: Teesside Industrial Solutions solution to build any offshore structure Vessel Repair: A&P Tees ‘dry’ and then float out directly to site, Offshore Survival Training: Offshore and is ideally located for the Round 3 Asset Management: Axiom Engineering Marine Academy, Falck Safety Services. developments. Associates, Stork Falck Safety Services, located in Stockton- World Leading Supply Chain Hydraulic Systems Engineering: Industrial on-Tees, are the biggest offshore safety and Marine Hydraulics Ltd trainers in the UK, training in excess of Tees Valley currently supplies almost every 30,000 delegates per year. stage of offshore wind supply chain from Nacelle Panels & Composites: Millfield grid connection to the turbine foundations. Composites. Rigging and Lifting: Teesside Rigging From the steelworks at SSI to the large and Lifting. fabrication yards of Heerema and Wilton Operation and Maintenance: EDF Energy Engineering, there is an integrated supply Renewables Further Education: Darlington College, chain ready to support your business. Hartlepool College, Middlesbrough Research and Development: The Welding College, Stockton Riverside College, Redcar Tees Valley is home to one of the worlds’ Institute (TWI), CPI, Teesside University & Cleveland College. largest clusters of subsea companies, and also has world leading engineering design Health and Safety: Steel River Consultants Higher Education: Teesside University. companies such as Nortech Solutions. There are 6 leading universities within 1 Recruitment and Executive Search: hour. Durham University also has a campus Tees Valley is also supported by excellent Watson Lily, Nortech Staffing Solutions in Stockton-on-Tees. business networks, including NOF Energy and the Teesside Engineering Network. Legal: Bond Dickinson, Endeavour Subsea: Tees Valley hosts the Centre Both excellent ways to become integrated Partnership, Muckle LLP, Eversheds for Subsea Technology Awareness, into the UK supply chain. Training and Education (C-STATE) a Accountancy: Tait Walker, Clive Owen, unique collaboration between industry Steel: TATA Steel, SSI Evolution LLP, KPMG and academia. C-STATE has been created to address the growing skills gap in the Fabrication: Heerema, Wilton Engineering, Finance: Barclays, HSBC, Santander, FW subsea engineering and service sectors Cordell Group, SBV Fabrications, A&P, Capital, NEL, Northstar Ventures, Lloyds by providing an unrivalled platform for Hertel, Francis Brown, AF Gruppen, specialist training and education. McDermott International Support Services: Tees Valley Business Compass, Unasys, Phusion, Spearhead Tees Valley has special programs - ‘High Engineering design: Nortech Group, Interactive, Global Energy Group Tide’ from PD Ports and ‘Champions of Wilton Engineering, K Home International, Wind’ from FOREWIND to get young people Jacobs, Fabricom Offshore Services into the industry.

Monopiles: TAG Energy Solutions

Subsea: DeepOcean, Modus, Reef Subsea, Prysmian, IHC Merwede, VBMS, Oceaneering Building Offshore Wind in England 25

TATA Steel has a new £2m offshore processing centre (OPC) DeepOcean’s T-3200 is the world’s most sophisticated subsea producing welded tubular assemblies for jacket foundations. trenching system. Headquartered in Darlington.

JDR Cables, Hartlepool Centre for Subsea Technology Awareness, Training and Education (C-STATE), Darlington

Wilton Engineering, Multi-discipline Engineering Services Substation loadout at Heerema Fabrication Yard, Hartlepool provider, Middlesbrough

Subsea vessel mobilisation at North Sea Supply Base, AV Teesside Offshore Wind Farm, EDF Energy YouTube Video Dawson Logistics hub and fabrication yard, Middlesbrough 26 Building Offshore Wind in England

Investment Sites

Tees Valley has 12 Enterprise Zone sites New Energy & Technology Park, Other key sites: with a total of 423 hectares available for Stockton-on-Tees (41.3 hectares) Part of new business investment. the energy and chemicals hub ABLE Seaton Port, 126 acres of land with the site was recently cleared and levelled. the largest dry dock in Europe. The Enterprise Zone encompasses a wide It has B2 planning designation permitting www.ableuk.com range of sites including a number with land to be developed for potentially high existing units (11 office and six industrial hazard plant and energy generation. ABLE Middlesbrough Port, 40 acres of land units currently available, plus 12,500 US energy company Air Products have with 200,000 sq ft of existing units inc square feet of smaller units). The sites chosen this as a site to build a Renewable cranage. www.ableuk.com include both new and established business Energy Facility. and enterprise parks, plus large cleared North Sea Supply Base, AV Dawson industrial sites with access to utilities, port Wilton International, Redcar & Cleveland Multimodal logistics centre, Middlesbrough services and logistics. (164 hectares) Five development plots are www.av-dawson.com available at Wilton International. The fully Four sites have Enhanced Capital serviced chemical complex has existing PD Teesport, covers 779 acres and handles Allowances up to £100 million and infrastructure including power, steam and over 5000 vessels and 38 million tonnes simplified planning: South Bank Wharf, water giving companies the opportunity of cargo every year www.pdports.co.uk Hartlepool Port Estates, New Energy and to ‘plug and play’. The site is also close to Technology Park and Wilton International. Wilton Centre R&D facility and has pipe A&P Tees, Centre of Excellence for linkages to the north of the , offshore vessels www.ap-group.co.uk A further eight sites have Business which also offers jetties and Rate Relief of up to £275,000 over five storage facilities. Teesport Commerce Park (formerly Tees years and are perfect for all levels of the Offshore Base), Middlesbrough supply chain. Business Rate Relief Enterprise Zones: www.pdports.co.uk

Enhanced Capital Allowance Queens Meadow Business Park, Durham Tees Valley Airport, with regular Enterprise Zones: Hartlepool (13.6 hectares) Existing flights to European destinations. business park with offices and industrial www.durhamteesvalleyairport.com South Bank Wharf, Redcar & Cleveland units. Located close to Hartlepool Port (80.7 hectares) South Bank Wharf is one Estates and ABLE Seaton Port. Wynyard Park is a high class 700 acre of the prime freehold opportunities with mixed use development extremely popular deep water access in Europe. Perfect for a Teesside Advanced Manufacturing Park, with companies in the energy sector. large offshore investment with quay access, Middlesbrough (11 hectares). The site will www.wynyardpark.com the site already has 10.4m water depth with host an Offshore Wind Validation Centre the ability to dredge. The site is located which will provide research into fabrication next to Teesport, the UK’s largest exporting methods for offshore wind turbine towers port, and has 350m river frontage and is and foundations, plus validation services close to the integrated chemical site at aimed at helping manufacturers prove Wilton International. their validity to prospective financiers and insurers. Hartlepool Port Estates, Hartlepool (56.9 hectares) Part of the existing Kirkleatham Business Park, Redcar & operating port in Hartlepool and ideal for Cleveland (12.6 hectares) Existing units renewable energy or advanced engineering next to the integrated chemical site Wilton companies. Fully serviced with five quays, International. Located close to South Bank a total length of 900m across three Wharf Enterprise Zone. berths. The site is already home to major international companies such as Heerema Belasis Business Park, Stockton-on-Tees and JDR Cables. (8.5 hectares) An established business park with existing office units, this site is perfect for companies in any sector looking to move or expand into the area. Located close to TAG Energy Solutions and Wilton Engineering. Building Offshore Wind in England 27

Hartlepool Port Estates, PD Ports, Enterprise Zone Site South Bank Wharf, Enterprise Zone Site, Redcar & Cleveland (56.9 hectares) (80.7 hectares)

ABLE Middlesbrough Port, Middlesbrough (40 acres) ABLE Seaton Port, Hartlepool (126 acres)

Queens Meadow Enterprise Zone Site, Hartlepool (13.6 hectares) Teesside Advanced Manufacturing Park, Middlesbrough (11 hectares)

For more information on accessing the supply chain in Tees Valley or to use our free location finding service, please contact:

Contact: John Leer Tel: +44 (0)1642 632007 Durham Tees Valley Airport, with regular flights to European Email: [email protected] destinations. www.durhamteesvalleyairport.com Web: www.TeesValleyUnlimited.gov.uk 28 Building Offshore Wind in England

The Humber CORE

The Humber has brought power Key Attributes to the UK for decades in the form of , oil and gas. Today we are • The UK’s largest ports complex by The Humber is the closest to all three of tonnage and the 4th largest in Europe. the UK’s largest planned offshore wind creating one of the world’s largest farms. Names including , RES, • Deep water ports, optimally located Siemens, Dong Energy, Eon, , Fisher renewable energy clusters – from closest to the largest Round 3 offshore Marine, Geosea, Osiris, Turbine Transfer, leading the UK in biofuels to wind sites. Windcat and MPI have already established driving innovation in tidal energy, • 80% of all North Sea zones a base here. and we’re well placed to capitalise and 60% of the entire European market on offshore wind opportunities. (2020) are within 12 hours sailing time. The UK’s largest deep water port-side development sites. At 484 hectares, the • The largest Enterprise Zone in England, Humber Enterprise Zone is the largest in “The Humber Estuary can support offering nearly 400 hectares of the country offering OEMs and their the whole lifecycle of offshore wind development land and optimal site layout supply chains the opportunity to co-locate developments; through development, for Original Equipment manufacturers to make cost reductions on a major scale. manufacture, construction and (OEMs) and their supply chains with operations and maintenance” a wide range of financial incentives Fast track planning and financial available to those looking to set up incentives. A key benefit of development facilities there. land within the Humber Enterprise Zone is • The Port of Grimsby, closest to the mouth the simplified planning process, tax breaks of the Humber, is already and established and £35 million Regional Growth Fund for operations and maintenance base training, R&D and capital investments. servicing Round 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. Companies already operating from Skills and expertise. We have 25,000 the port include Siemens, Centrica, Eon, people employed in advanced and marine DONG Energy and RES. engineering and offer fabrication and assembly, port and portside services, • Utilities, direct rail access and excellent turbine maintenance, vessel operation and motorway connections, including maintenance, turbine access and safety, England’s largest helicopter terminal at and logistics. Humberside Airport. • Daily shipping services to Holland Enterprise Zones. The Humber’s Belgium, Germany, Denmark and other Enterprise Zones feature nearly 400 Continental locations. hectares of prime development land, more than anywhere else in the UK. All have • Home to leading businesses including excellent transport infrastructure, a faster Associated British Ports, BAE Systems, simpler planning process and support BP, Phillips66, Reckitt Benckiser, Smith & from partners to fast-track development. Nephew, Tata Steel, Total, Vivergo Fuels Superfast broadband is also being rolled and Youngs. out across these sites. Building Offshore Wind in England 29

WESTERMOST ROUGH (210MW) HORNSEA (4GW) Goole

Green Port Hull

HUMBER GATEWAY (219MW) NORTH SEA

Grimsby TRITON KNOLL (1.2GW)

LYNN & INNER DOWSING (194MW) DUDGEON (400MW) LINCS (270MW)

RACE BANK (580MW) Able Marine Energy Park

SHERINGHAM SHOAL (317MW)

THE E A S T WASH ANGLIA (7.2GW)

Green Port Hull ABLE Marine Energy Park

Load out of transition piece at Port of Grimbsy Operation and Maintenance craft at Port of Grimsby 30 Building Offshore Wind in England

People and Skills Supply Chain and Support Services Team Humber Marine Alliance The Humber provides a broad range The region is a growing centre for offshore Turning the region into a centre of of transferable manufacturing and wind, providing services and facilities to excellence for renewable energy is a key engineering skills required by the offshore support the entire lifecycle of the projects. goal for Team Humber Marine Alliance. wind sector. As home to key players Some of the capabilities of the companies The 170 member companies possess in shipping and logistics, engineering, in the Humber, include: proven skills and experience to drive the chemicals, advanced manufacturing and green revolution, covering the full supply aerospace industries, high quality industry • Fabrication and assembly chain from manufacturing, engineering, led training provision is well established. • Port and portside services research and development, through construction, commissioning, operations • Turbine access and maintenance • A population of over 921,200. and maintenance. Acting as a marketing • Vessel operation and charter arm for members, Team Humber under • Access to graduates from some of • Shipbuilding and repair its ‘strength in numbers’ banner enables the UK’s leading higher and further customers to access a full range of education providers; from Universities of • Offshore engineering services provided by different companies Hull, Sheffield, Leeds and York. • Marine services through a single contact point. Team • The University of Hull has maintained • Marine electrical Humber is based at the World Trade a place in the ‘Top 10 Higher Education • Offshore training Centre Hull & Humber. Institutions for Graduate employability • Specialist logistics year on year and is providing renewables www.thma.co.uk • Legal and professional services specific Masters and CPD courses. Support for Investors • Short Course training is available from Quality of Life There are dedicated teams across the local providers including in First Aid, The right place to live, work and play. In Humber integrated local supply chains, Offshore Survival, Confined Spaces and addition to its highly-developed industrial partnerships and networks that provide coming soon in Working at Height. and commercial infrastructure, the a first-class support services to meet • Engineering based vocational training Humber has outstanding assets in terms of the needs of potential investors. The can be obtained from the leading college its built, natural and cultural heritage. The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership is based training in the region. urban, rural and coastal mix of the Humber private sector-led partnership with local provides a wise and accessible variety of government and the University of Hull., • Funding for engineering and marine landscapes and lifestyles. The Humber charged with driving economic growth focused apprenticeships, up-skilling and offers some of the most affordable and in the Humber. The LEP works with local industry specific skills is available though high quality housing in the country, partners and national Government to our Regional Growth Fund allocation. ranging from city centre apartments, support the development. waterside developments, vibrant market towns and picturesque rural villages.

Specialist engineers Spencer Group delivering civil infrastructure Danish company Blue Water Danbrit UK invested in the Humber works for the onshore substation, to feed electricity generated by in 2011 to provide logistics services for the UK wind industry. E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind farm into the national grid. Building Offshore Wind in England 31

England’s busiest Heliport carrying personnel and high value Tata Steel, providing steel plate for wind towers. electronic components to offshore North Sea operations.

Port of Hull, Green Port Hull Port of Grimsby facilities over the last 10 years with ABP Green Port Hull, only 12 hours’ sailing time Grimsby is fast becoming the centre of investing in the order of £250m to develop from three of the UK’s largest round 3 excellent for operations and maintenance riverside terminals, unit load terminals, offshore wind zones in the North Sea, is (O&M) activities for offshore wind farms in new specialist warehouse and cargo- directly adjacent to a natural deep water the North Sea. handling equipment. channel and is perfectly positioned for the receipt of and subsequent dispatch As the most easterly Humber port, Able Marine Energy Park of turbines for installation to the offshore Grimsby is the closest to the windfarms Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) is located wind farms. and is already the base for Siemens, Eon, centrally in the UK on the South Bank of Vestas, Centrica and DONG Energy and the River Humber adjacent to the Humber Siemens, one of the world’s leading wind is owned by Associated British Ports. Sea Terminal. It forms the UK’s largest turbine manufacturers, has selected Ongoing investment in key offshore wind developable land bank with a deep water Green Port Hull as its preferred location related projects will further enhance the frontage (320ha). AMEP will provide a to develop a new offshore wind turbine operating environment for offshore wind purpose-built, environmentally friendly nacelle manufacturing and export operators. The port includes sites under facility to suit the needs of the Offshore facility. The facility will be located in the Humber Enterprise Zone with 11ha Marine Renewable Sector – particularly Hull’s Alexandra Dock and, when fully identified for the development of the offshore wind. operational, will employ approximately offshore wind O&M and related activities. 700 people directly on the site and create Most recently ABP have invested AMEP quays will be available from early thousands of support roles within new and approximately £26m in a new river 2016. Able will operate a new charging existing supply chain companies. terminal, outer berthing facility. model for these quays allowing tenant In addition, there are over 250ha of who require frequent usage the development sites available for renewable www.abports.co.uk opportunity to rent exclusive sections energy projects within the port including of the quay. This operating model is Albert & William Wright Docks, Queen Port of Immingham different to the traditional ports’ charging Elizabeth Dock and Paull (including over Owned by Associated British Ports, the mechanism and offers transparency and 100ha with EZ status) and all of which Port of Immingham is the UK’s largest port flexibility to the sector. provide access to deep water or potential by tonnage handled, and its deep water deep water facilities. location on the Humber Estuary provides AMEP’s quays and large land banks exceptional access to trade routes between provide a real opportunity for the Humber www.greenporthull.co.uk the UK and Scandinavia, the Baltic states to develop a fully integrated offshore www.abports.co.uk and mainland Europe, with links extending wind cluster where economies of scale to North and South America, Africa, can be achieved. Australia, the Middle East and the Far East. The port has seen dramatic expansion of www.ableuk.com

For more information or to request the full Humber CORE prospectus please contact:

Contact: Emma Toulson, Sector Lead – Renewables & Energy Tel: +44 (0)7798-837820 Email: [email protected] Web: www.thehumber.com 32 Building Offshore Wind in England

NORTHERN Liverpool City IRELAND Region CORE

Liverpool City Region is the Liverpool City Region – only Port and Manufacturing Facilities leading centre for marine energy CORE area on the West Coast on the UK’s West Coast. It offers • Largest West Coast port complex alongside two international airports with a globally connected port, world • RWE are based in Cammell Laird for the installation and technical support of the direct shipping and air services to key renowned marine fabrication Irish Sea Offshore wind farms. European and global centres. facilities and a large engineering • Already a centre for companies such • Cammell Laird, based in Wirral, is ideally talent pool all of which are as ABB, Siemens, DONG Energy, Maersk, placed to serve customers requiring immediately available. RWE, Jaguar Land Rover, Unilever the construction or servicing of large and Bibby. structures anywhere in the world. Its geographical position on the River The CORE area has a range of benefits Mersey on the West Coast of Britain available to businesses locating here LCR CORE is ideally situated to serve two enables it to transport large structures including; Enterprise Zone Status, major new Offshore Wind Farms in the by sea that would be impossible to Enhanced Capital allowances, world Irish Sea: transport by road. With one of the largest renowned engineering capabilities, one of construction halls in Europe, Cammell the largest construction halls in Europe Gwynt y Mor is the largest Wind Farm in Laird is ideally located to construct, and streamlined planning processes. Europe currently under construction. Once manufacture and assemble components operational by the end of 2014 it will have for the Offshore Wind industry. Liverpool City Region CORE offers a high 160 turbines and 576 MW capacity. capacity, lower cost and lower risk delivery • Cammell Laird has a wet basin which solution to servicing the rapidly expanding Burbo Bank Extension in the Liverpool enables it to load units into the cargo west coast market, building on existing Bay will have 258 MW of capacity and hold of a vessel with no tidal restrictions. proven capabilities. It has an extensive is currently going through consenting It can also load structures out onto the supply chain of companies which are processes. Due to be operational in 2015. deck of a barge or semi submersible already operating in the Offshore Wind barge for transporting globally. sector and an array of companies with the • Cammell Laird also offers the largest capabilities to diversify into the sector. heavy fabrication, marine engineering and maintenance base port facilities on the UK’s West Coast. • Deep water port facilities close to the offshore wind farm development zones. Building Offshore Wind in England 33

NORTHERN ORMONDE (150MW) IRELAND DOUGLAS WALNEY (367MW)

BARROW (90MW) FIRST FLIGHT WIND FARM (600MW)

WEST OF DUDDON (389MW)

BURBO BANK (324MW) Port of GWYNT-Y-MOR Liverpool (576MW)

RHYL FLATS (90MW)

ANGLESEY WIRRAL NORTH HOYLE IRISH SEA (60MW) Cammell Laird WALES

Port of Liverpool Cammell Laird Ship Yard

MPI Resolution – Offshore construction vessel Cammell Laird Ship Yard 34 Building Offshore Wind in England

Enterprise Zone Status Financial Incentives Regulatory Red Tape Pilot

Businesses investing in the Mersey • The City Region benefits from • Government is supporting work to Waters EZ will be able to benefit from: European Union Assisted Area Status, progress the streamlining of local from a designated European Funding planning processes for the offshore wind • Enhanced capital allowances – the programme and is eligible for Port and energy industry. only site in the North West and one of Infrastructure Funding. • The pilot reduces regulatory burdens, only two sites in the north of England • Wirral Council has £5m from speeds up the local planning and – companies investing in plant and Government’s Regional Growth consenting processes and reduces machinery can claim up to 100% Fund to support investment in the consenting risks by ensuring that clear, tax relief. offshore wind sector. Programmes consistent and joined up guidance is • Up to 100% business rate relief worth up of support and financial assistance given to developers early in the process. to £275,000 over a 5 year period, are available to businesses looking to locate in Wirral within the offshore wind • Streamlined planning legislation that Location Support renewables sector. smooths the consent and planning process making it swifter and more • Through RGF funding Wirral will also be • Mersey Maritime Group – supports business friendly. developing a Marine Energy Business business growth by promoting knowledge park, creating a new supply chain exchange and driving efficiencies • Government support to ensure superfast location with good logistical access to the through the maritime and offshore broadband is rolled out. port and surrounding infrastructure. supply chain. www.peelez.co.uk • 21st Century Freeport status in the EZ - • Local dedicated business support teams continued dialogue with Her Majesties across the LCR to help businesses with Revenue and Customs is taking place business support services, skills support to provide a virtual ‘Freeport’ in Wirral’s and property searches. Enterprise Zone. Inward processing and customs warehousing will enable goods to be monitored electronically and held tax free until released to the market.

Osiris Projects’ specialist semi-SWATH DP1 survey RWE based at Cammell Laird vessel ‘MV Bibby Tethra’

Survey work being undertaken by Osiris Projects World famous Liverpool City skyline using Bibby Tethra Building Offshore Wind in England 35

Local Companies – Education and Training Building on this work is taking place to International Success opportunities develop a campus linked to Cammell Laird that will enable the R&D and manufacturing strengths of public and The Liverpool City Region has a growing • John Percival Marine Associates training private sector partners to combine and number of companies serving the offshore school in Hoylake offers workboat grow within a hub location. An initial wind sector and providing proven deck training courses and tuition to practical area of collaboration is that of capacity and skills across the supply chain. the Merchant Navy, super yacht and combining the increased demand for Examples of such expertise includes: workboat professionals. training in survival activity within the • Extensive research institutions and offshore sector with that of companies Osiris Projects universities within the LCR with world undertaking research and development in Osiris Projects provides a vital service renowned reputation for work in related areas such as prototype testing. to the offshore wind sector; acquiring, renewable energy and strong links to the interpreting and presenting highly industry. This includes: accurate and precisely positioned seabed Existing Supply chain sectors and sub seabed data. The company owns • Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and operates five specialist coastal survey Marine Academy is a world leader in • Bearing manufacture vessels, each mobilised with advanced marine, offshore and transport studies • Cable Installation and transportation survey sensors, positioning systems and • University of Liverpool’s Stephenson • Construction and civil engineers sampling equipment. Institute for Renewable Energy leading • Cranes and heavy lifting equipment on research within the university Osiris Projects has worked extensively on • Deepwater intervention Round 1 and 2, and more recently, Round • The National Oceanography Centre • Diving services 3 offshore wind sites in the UK, in addition (NOC) is an internationally recognised • Electrical engineering to numerous Scottish and European research centre focussed on world class licensing areas. oceanography research • Environmental monitoring • Fabrication and welding HSSE Integrated Marine Energy • Foundation grouting Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (HSSE) Innovation Campus • Heavy fabrication and engineering – a commercial diving and specialist The LCR is seen as a centre offshore services company has been of excellence for marine- related • Marine Risk assessments awarded a £5million contract to support engineering with: • Marine technical services the construction of Gwynt y Mor offshore • Marine Vessel charters wind farm in Liverpool bay. HSSE has been • Excellent port infrastructure, ship • Offshore marine engineering working hard to meet the needs of the yard and maintenance facilities with renewables industry and now it is one of Cammell Laird being one of the UK’s • Operational and maintenance in the largest suppliers of diving services to leading marine heavy engineering and Offshore Wind the offshore wind industry. fabrication companies with a full array of • Paints and coatings – corrosive resistant shipyard skills. • Precision engineering and gears Experienced skills base • The North West Maritime and • Seabed mapping / coastal surveying Engineering College - • Ship repair and ship conversion • Highly skilled local workforce www.mecnw.co.uk with engineering and manufacturing • Steel suppliers expertise, with a full array of • Strong supply chain with companies • Submarine cables also involved in promoting technology shipyard skills. • Turbine servicing development and transfer. • The Ports, Logistics and Maritime sector • Weather sensing equipment in the Liverpool City Region has over • World renown research and development 1,700 firms and employs approximately capability based within leading 28,000 people. universities.

For more information or to request the full Liverpool City Region CORE prospectus please contact:

Contact: Mark Knowles Tel: +44 (0)151 237 3949 Mobile: +44 (0)7983 483996 Email: [email protected] Web: www.liverpoollep.org 36 Building Offshore Wind in England

The Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft CORE

Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft An Ideal UK Location Experience are the primary focus of the East of England Energy Zone – Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft are the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, together closest ports to over £50 billion of capital with Wells on the North Norfolk Coast have one of the world’s largest and expenditure over the next 20 years and been key to the successful development of most diverse clusters of energy provide the ideal location for wind farm a number of offshore wind farms. businesses. development and maintenance in the Southern North Sea. • Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Wells • Close to some of the world’s largest have been central to the successful wind farms World-leading energy companies have construction and delivery of Scroby operated Southern North Sea gas Sands, Sheringham Shoal, Greater • 50 years’ experience operations from Great Yarmouth and Gabbard and Lincs. • A large supply chain active in the Lowestoft for 50 years. offshore energy sector • Lowestoft is the operating base for SSE’s Greater Gabbard O&M and is the chosen • World class skills Market Opportunity O&M base for Galloper • Ports active in the offshore wind sector • Great Yarmouth is the operating base • Infrastructure Huge all-energy market opportunity. The two towns are the closest ports to for E.ON Scroby Sands. • Offshore Wind Ports over £50 billion of capital expenditure over • Wells is the operating base for Scira • Land and Buildings the next 20 years to be invested in: Sheringham Shoal • Government support • offshore wind • Priority location • oil and gas exploration and extraction Highly experienced supply chain • Financial Incentives • nuclear new build and decommissioning • Political and Business Support The East of England Energy Zone • gas storage • Government support supports these developments with its • and platform decommissioning all within • Priority location strong maritime industry with vessels for a 70 km radius of Great Yarmouth and construction, O&M and subsea survey. • Financial Incentives Lowestoft. • Political and Business Support Local companies have played a key role Fastest access to major new in the development of UK and other European offshore wind farms with many developments recognised as leaders in Europe’s offshore wind industry. Companies operating The closest deep-water ports to the from Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and , Galloper and Dudgeon Wells support the entire spectrum of wind farms. development, installation and O&M.

• East Anglia Array – 7.2 GW ,1200 turbine development (only 14 km from the East Anglia coast) • Galloper – 340 MW, 140 turbine development (27 km from the East Anglia Coast) • Dudgeon – 400 MW, 78 turbine development (32 km from East Anglia Coast). Our ports also offer easy access to the Round 3 Hornsea and Dogger Bank developments. Building Offshore Wind in England 37

HORNSEA (4GW)

WESTERMOST ROUGH (210MW)

HUMBER GATEWAY (219MW) NORTH SEA

TRITON KNOLL (1.2GW)

DUDGEON (400MW) LINCS (270MW)

RACE BANK (580MW)

SHERINGHAM SHOAL (317MW)

THE WASH SCROBY SANDS Wells (60MW)

EastPort UK E A S T ANGLIA ARRAY Great Yarmouth (7.2GW) Orbis Lowestoft Energy

Beccles NORTH SEA GREATER GABBARD (504MW) GUNFLEET SANDS (108MW)

GALLOPER (252MW)

LONDON ARRAY (630MW)

EastPort Great Yarmouth Lowestoft Port 38 Building Offshore Wind in England

Offshore Wind Ports Land and Buildings

England’s leading offshore energy ports Great Yarmouth’s deepwater outer A wealth of well-located land and buildings have 50 years experience of supporting harbour is designed to service the needs near the ports of Great Yarmouth, the offshore energy industry. They are of a wide range of vessels including Lowestoft and Wells make them prime home to world-leading energy companies the latest generation of offshore wind locations for wind farm developers and the and operate as the main bases for gas installation vessels and was used as the supply chain. operations in the Southern North Sea installation base for Sheringham Shoal and as strategic centres for the rapidly and Lincs. There is something to suit every need. increasing offshore wind sector. Business Parks in Great Yarmouth, The river harbour in Great Yarmouth Lowestoft and Wells include: Facilities include: offers support to the outer harbour with • Quays covering 7,900 metres commercial quays on both sides of the South Denes, Great Yarmouth • Safe, sheltered berths River Yare. It is perfectly equipped to • At the heart of the port area with a focus provide O&M support to the wind farms on offshore activities • Accommodation for vessels of: off the East of England Energy Zone • Easy access to both the outer harbour – Length up to 250 metres coast; Scroby Sands is operated and and river harbour 58.8 hectares with – Beam up to 75 metres maintained by E.ON from Great Yarmouth’s Enterprise Zone status – Draft up to 10.5 metres river harbour. Beacon Park, Great Yarmouth • No locks, or overhead cables to Lowestoft’s outer harbour is the UK’s • High quality office and industrial area restrict access most easterly and the closest port to the adjacent to the A12 dual carriageway • 24 hours and 365 days working East Anglia Array. Only 14km away, the connecting Great Yarmouth and • Easy access at all states of tide East Anglia Array will be less than 20 Lowestoft with London • Significant development land minutes by catamaran and under one hour available dockside by coaster. The harbour was used for the • 16.7 hectares of greenfield land with development of Greater Gabbard and is Enterprise Zone status • Helicopter services 24/7 SSE’s permanent O&M base. Power Park, Lowestoft The Lowestoft inner harbour has a long • Adjacent to Lowestoft’s outer harbour history of supporting the offshore energy industry with many offshore energy and • Home of OrbisEnergy – one of the engineering companies already based UK’s leading centres for offshore nearby. With significant land available, the energy innovation and supply chain area is ideal for O&M activity. development. • 24.5 hectares Wells-next-the-Sea The Port of Wells, on the North Norfolk Egemere Business Zone, Wells coast is the closest port facility to a • Greenfield land with development number of operational and approved opportunities for bespoke and offshore wind developments in the speculative premises. Southern North Sea and The Wash. • Easy access to port. The Port of Wells is the O&M base for Sheringham Shoal, operated by Statkraft. High Quality Offices The Port offers 165 metres of shore- Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Wells accessed pontoon berths with fresh water, also offer a range of high quality office electricity and dedicated fuel barge for developments, including serviced wind farm transfer vessels. accommodation, which are already home to leaders in the offshore energy sector.

OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft A state-of-the-art innovation and incubation centre on the Power Park specialising in the offshore renewable sector.

Beacon Innovation Centre, Great Yarmouth Offering easy-in, easy-out office space on the Beacon Business Park. Virtual offices are also available. Building Offshore Wind in England 39

Great Yarmouth Port Sheringham Shoal O&M - Wells Harbour

Transition pieces – Lowestoft Port Lowestoft Outer Harbour

Lowestoft Power Park

Blades and Towers Great Yarmouth 40 Building Offshore Wind in England

World Class Skills Financial Incentives Political and Business Support

Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft have one of Companies looking to operate from Great Business and political leaders in the region the best offshore marine and engineering Yarmouth and Lowestoft can benefit from are taking an innovative approach to the skills bases in England. a number of financial incentives: development of the energy industry.

The region boasts generations of A total of 224 hectares of development The Norfolk and Suffolk Energy Alliance accumulated expertise and there is a land with simplified planning permission is (NSEA) is the first UK partnership of its potential workforce of over 300,000 available in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. kind where public sector works across local within 45 minutes of Great Yarmouth boundaries with the private sector. NSEA and Lowestoft. It includes 121 hectares on six sites within a brings together a wealth of expertise from: designated Enterprise Zone created by the Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils, Great A range of word-class education and New Anglia Enterprise Partnership in Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Waveney and training facilities are available nearby Yarmouth and Lowestoft. North Norfolk District Councils, the East of including the University of East Anglia, England Energy Group (EEEGR) and University Campus Suffolk, Lowestoft Principle features of the Enterprise the Chambers of Commerce for Norfolk College and University Technical College. Zone include: and Suffolk.

“The East of England has one of the UK’s • Up to £275,000 per business in rate relief This dedicated partnership offers seamless main concentrations of energy sector • Simplified planning support to investors. skills with more than 10,000 expert • Superfast broadband workers currently in the field developed UK Government Priority over 50 years of working with North Sea The UK Government has recognised the Assisted Area Status gas and now rapidly adapting to meet the potential and importance of the East Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and parts of similar demands of offshore wind.” of England Energy Zone to the UK’s are included in the Government’s offshore wind sector with Enterprise Zone Lord Browne President of the Royal Assisted Area Status map recognising the Status for key sites in the area and the Academy of Engineers (former Chief potential for business growth in designation of Assisted Area Status. Executive BP these areas. “We could have set up our business Unrivalled skills Assisted Area Status enables the Local anywhere in the world. However, we are The Skills for Energy Partnership is an Enterprise Partnership to channel more expanding our operation and have moved industry-led group behind a range of financial resources into these areas. Great to new premises in the Enterprise Zone.” projects to provide entry into the energy Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Ipswich are sector and develop or enhance existing important industrial centers and increased Blair Ainslie, CEO Seajacks, operator of skills. Many major energy employers funding will support growth in the self-propelled jack-up vessels. support the programme including energy sector. Seajacks; East Anglia Offshore Wind; The Crown Estate; Shell; ODE; SSE; 3sun/ Growing Business Fund Dawson; CLS Offshore, AKD Engineering New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership’s and Sembmarine SLP Ltd. Growing Business Fund offers grants of between £5,000 and £500,000 to small and medium sized businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk to help them grow and create jobs Building Offshore Wind in England 41

Seajacks installing Greater Gabbard

Lowestoft College Training Tower Technician Transfer Greater Gabbard Wind Farm

OrbisEnergy Seajacks HQ Enterprise Zone Great Yarmouth

For more information or to request the full Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft CORE prospectus please contact:

Contact: James Gray, Inward Investment Director Mobile: +44 (0)7846 878583 Email: [email protected] Web: www.theenergyzone.co.uk

Enterprise Zone Contact: Eunice Edwards Mobile: +44 (0)7808 647203 Email: [email protected]

Egmere Business Zone – Wells 42 Building Offshore Wind in England

South East CORE

The South East CORE (SE The Commercial Opportunity Infrastructure CORE) incorporates Harwich International Port, Harwich The SE CORE offers: Located in the South East corner of the UK, close to London and mainland Navyard, London Thamesport, • 270 ha of available commercial land; Europe, the SE CORE has an excellent multi-modal transport network for people Port of Sheerness, Port of • Easy access to five of the nine zones and freight connections to UK, European Ramsgate and Brightlingsea. allocated for development as part of and Global markets. Round 3: East Anglia Array (90 km from It is one of the most experienced Harwich), Hornsea (193 km from Harwich wind farm construction, Rail: High speed rail links to London in ports), Dogger Bank (321 km from as little as 17 minutes (from Ebbsfleet installation and operation bases Harwich ports) Rampion (250 km from International) and to France, Belgium, in the UK playing a significant Kent ports), Navitus Bay (368 km from Amsterdam in 1 – 4 hours. Kent ports) - (approximately £110 billion role in the development of five CAPEX / OPEX investment) UK wind farms now operating Road: Good connectivity with the UK off the Kent and Essex coasts. • Easy access to wind farm development motorway network and international These total nearly 500 wind sites off the coast of North France road connections from Kent via the Port (Brittany, Normandy), Belgium and the of and the Channel Tunnel at turbines generating 1709MW Netherlands Folkestone and from Essex via Harwich of renewable energy including International Port. • An ideal logistics base for Tier 1

London Array, the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers that are Air: All five of London’s major airports – seeking to provide product / services for offshore wind farm. Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Round 3 projects in the UK. Stansted and Luton - are within The SE CORE is ideally positioned to • An excellent location for businesses in 1 – 2 hours’ drive time. offer port services, construction and the O&M field building on established, assembly facilities, manufacturing plant successful O&M centres Sea: Deep water ports with no lock and operations and maintenance bases for restrictions allow easy access for shipping. • Easy road, rail and air access to UK, existing projects, extensions and Round All are international ports with short and European and Global markets. 3 developments along the east and south deep sea services and efficient road and coasts of England, as well as proposed • Experienced supply chain companies and rail links. Direct ferry services to Europe developments off the north west coast of an extensive network of business support operate from Harwich and Dover. Europe. There is over 20GW of proposed organisations to foster further supply offshore wind development within 200 chain development. nautical miles of the SE CORE. • A deep talent pool of engineering, manufacturing and maritime skills and access to many higher education institutions. • High level support from the business community and strong commitment from local government and the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP), bringing a positive approach to planning development and business growth. • Assisted Area Status and access to other forms of funding and business incentives. Building Offshore Wind in England 43

EAST ANGLIA (7.2GW)

GREATER GABBARD (504MW)

Harwich

GALLOPER Brightlingsea (252MW) GUNFLEET ARRAY Sheerness SANDS Thamesport (108MW) (630MW) KENTISH FLATS Whitstable (141MW) THANET Manufacturing Port of Ramsgate (300MW) Superhub Centre for O&M and Related Services

FRANCE RAMPION (665MW)

NAVITUS BAY (970MW)

Port of Sheerness London Thamesport

Kingsnorth Commercial Park Queenborough and Rushenden 44 Building Offshore Wind in England

South East CORE at a glance Ideal Sites For:

Manufacturing The SE CORE has clusters of sites to the north and south of the suitably sized and positioned to accommodate the integrated manufacture of blades, gearboxes, nacelles, towers and foundations for offshore wind turbines.

Construction / Installation The SE CORE offers sites that are ideal for construction and installation allowing for: shipping in of components; laydown and assembly; shipping out and deployment of completed turbines; logistics and other supply chain operations; storage and distribution of parts; and warranty maintenance. Index of Capability of Index Operations and Maintenance The SE CORE is already a leading centre of excellence for operations and South East ports at a glance maintenance with successful operations at Ramsgate, Harwich and Brightlingsea which serve as bases for O&M for the existing London Array, Thanet Offshore, Kentish Flats and Gunfleet Sands wind farms. These ports together with adjacent sites are well positioned to handle further O&M activity as the warranty periods on existing wind farms expire and for the expansion and development of projects off the south east and south coasts of England. Index of Port Facilities Port of Index

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The Site Offer:

The Port of Sheerness has a unique Kingsnorth Commercial Park located Harwich also has over 45 hectares of well- advantage as the 50ha of land that on the Hoo Peninsular with easy road located land and existing buildings outside is available at the port has already and water access to London Thamesport the ports available for uses supporting the been granted planning consent for the offers a 46.5ha site for blade and other offshore renewables sector which include: development of an integrated wind turbine component manufacturing, storage, manufacturing facility and outline consent distribution and supply chain activities. • Harwich Valley, a 6 hectare proposal with for buildings with eaves height up to 50m. In addition, planning consent has been commercial space planned; obtained to accommodate 190,451 sq m The port played a part in the construction • Stanton Europark, a 3.3 hectare site of employment floorspace (B1, B2 and B8 of London Array providing storage and suitable for a logistics or distribution uses) with detailed consent for 102,000 spooling facilities for major cable supply centre, warehousing or industrial units; and installation companies such as Geosea sq m. in a single building (ideal for blade and VSMC and handled vessels associated manufacture). • Europa Way, a 5 hectare Estate with with this function. The port is eager to distribution and general industrial use. attract more offshore wind industry Harwich International Port is on the north activity including large component Essex coast and has already played an Brightlingsea is on the north side of manufacturing. important role in the construction and the Thames Estuary with good access installation of three UK wind farms and to wind farms in the Thames Estuary. It The Neats Court commercial development handled a wide range of vessels in the has served as an effective operations site at Queenborough and Rushenden process. The port has an operational area and maintenance base for Dong Energy’s complements the Port of Sheerness offer of 115 hectares including over 35 ha of land Gunfleet Sands project since 2009 and providing close and easy access to an 18ha with direct access to 2km of deep water has a well-established local supply. The site that has outline planning consent quays. There are opportunities available port is the manufacturing base for CTruk, and scope for supply chain, storage, for further extensions to both the designers and builders of composite wind distribution and R&D activities. and storage areas if required. support vessels which are operating on wind farms around the UK and Europe. London Thamesport is situated on the The Harwich Navyard has substantial directly opposite the Port experience in wind farm support, sub- The Port of Ramsgate in east Kent of Sheerness. It has diversified away from contracting, cable laydown and vessel comprises 13.2 hectares of land with a its container business and is proactively chartering. The port has five berths and sheltered harbour that offers all weather targeting the offshore wind industry to set provides bunkering, operation offices accessibility. The port has significant up facilities at the port. There is 75 ha of and crew change facilities. Navyard has a installation experience providing land available comprising a development weekly Ro-Ro and general cargo service facilities for project developers and Tier site of 20 ha and 55 ha of operational land, to Germany and the Baltic, operating its 1 contractors. The port is a growing and 4 operational bonded warehouses own vessels and road transport fleet with operations and maintenance base for both with internal gantry crane rails. The port on-site warehousing and freight services. Vattenfall and London Array who are both is perfectly suited for large component The port has the experience and capability accommodated in new facilities at the port. manufacture, logistics and installation to transport specialist cargoes and has There is potential and capacity both at the activities. It has a 655 m quay that can be handled numerous parts for wind turbines port for further allied industry services, further extended and offers the deepest including blades. R&D and supply chain activities and within water of all the SE CORE ports. a range of sites nearby, including the Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.

Brightlingsea Harbour Harwich International Port 46 Building Offshore Wind in England

Supply Chain Skilled Workforce and Training Support Kent and Essex support some of the CWind: experienced in the provision of a biggest concentrations of advanced variety of services including vessel charter, The SE CORE has strong and relevant manufacturing and engineering activity project solutions, turbine technicians and technical skills to support the offshore in southern England while the Thames training having worked on 18 wind farms renewables industry and there has been and Medway estuaries both have a long around the UK with over 200 technicians major new investment made in skills history in maritime industries. The SE regularly offshore; training to prepare students for careers CORE therefore has a strong base of in the sector. well established engineering and marine Colchester Communications: installers of companies able to supply into the offshore fibre optics solutions in UK and European • Swale Skills Centre in Sittingbourne renewables sector. wind farms and suppliers of cable jointing has been developed as a centre for and testing services; engineering and renewable technologies Many local companies have already training and plays a key role in the contributed to the development, MME Engineering: experienced in the training of apprentices for Dong Energy. construction, installation and operation design and manufacture of Sacrificial of wind farms in UK and European waters, Anode Cathodic Protection systems to • The Centre for Environmental and now form part of an established prevent water erosion of turbine and Technologies at East Kent College supply chain in the SE CORE area and foundation component parts; in Broadstairs offers training in skills further afield. Supply chain companies needed to support low carbon and green located in the SE CORE include: Prysmian PowerLink Services: a leading technology businesses. player in the manufacture of high • The National Maritime Training Centre Red7Marine: a leading provider of technology cabling and the installation of at North West Kent College provides offshore subsea engineering and marine sub-sea cables for the offshore renewables flexible training opportunities across the construction services; industry with 91 plants and 17 research and maritime industry. development centres globally; HV Wooding: one of the UK’s top • Colchester Institute’s Harwich Energy manufacturers of precision engineered Excel Marine: suppliers and operators Skills Centre offers a range of further components and assemblies that supply of crew transfer vessels for both education and apprenticeship programs components and busbars for power construction and operations and for jobs in engineering and the offshore conversion systems, LV and MV converters, maintenance including dive support, fuel energy sector. transformers and switchgear used in the transfer, machinery transportation, survey manufacture of wind turbines; and cable laying support; Advanced level skills in engineering are offered at the University of Greenwich H & Askham: a high voltage electrical Premaberg Manufacturing: designers and and at the University of Essex which installation company that provides manufacturers of air intake and filtration specialises in autonomous robotics used jointing and termination services for both products in offshore installations; in subsea environments. There are four electrical and fibre optic applications higher education institutions in Colchester for offshore wind farms and repair, John D Hotchkiss: one of the largest and Ipswich which serve Harwich and offer maintenance and testing; privately owned mechanical service courses in electro technical engineering, providers and engineering workshops industrial applications and ICT. in the South East with experience in the manufacture and refurbishment of cable equipment.

CTruck, South East CORE HV Wooding, South East CORE Building Offshore Wind in England 47

Business Support

Professional Support Investment Support Funding Support Public sector partners are able to provide Locate in Kent and Invest in Essex offer Regional Growth Funding (RGF) is available a range of professional services to support comprehensive support to firms seeking in the SE CORE area offering 0% loans to the development of the offshore wind sites and premises in Kent and Essex support business growth and development: sector in the SE CORE area. These include: respectively (see www.locateinkent.com and www.investessex.co.uk). • TIGER (Thames Gateway Innovation, • The allocation of a dedicated officer(s) Growth and Enterprise) is a £20million to provide support and advice for all Supply Chain Assistance scheme in North Kent and Thurrock. Environmental, Planning and Highways An online directory and network • Expansion East Kent is a £35 million enquiries. called Kent Wind Energy fund that businesses in Ashford, (www.kentwindenergy.co.uk) provides the • Recruitment Support to assist with Canterbury, Dover, Shepway and Thanet means for manufacturers, developers and Human Resource requirements. can access. operators to link with local suppliers and • The provision of Business Support contractors. Low carbon and green technology are Services to assist with the resolution of priority business sectors for both schemes. any problems; to sign-post and broker The East of England Energy Group introductions to the local engineering, (www.eeegr.com) provide supply chain and The SE CORE also benefits from European maritime and energy supply chain and to networking support across Essex for the Union Assisted Area Status. facilitate a “soft landing” renewable energy sector.

The public sector partners will use their influence, contacts and network(s) to broker high level introductions to business representatives, the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP) and to Government Ministers and their Officials, should this be required.

For more information or to request the full Kent CORE prospectus please contact:

Contact: Peter Symons - Locate in Kent Tel: +44 (0)1732 520711 Email: [email protected] Web: www.locateinkent.com/offshorewindenergy

Contact: Richard Bailey - Invest in Essex Tel: +44 (0)1245 438624 Email: [email protected] Web: www.investessex.co.uk/offshore

H & Askham London Array O&M base at Port of Ramsgate 48 Building Offshore Wind in England

Summary

Choosing England as a location England can be your hub to the world. We have the ambition to remain the provides your business with Gain access to excellent logistics for road, world leader in offshore wind. With the rail, air and sea with easy access to the opportunity presented by the renewable everything it needs to be UK’s offshore wind development zones and energy sector, through providing support globally successful. Benefit supply into the wider European to existing businesses and assisting inward from the highly supportive supply chain. investment through the COREs, our aim is business environment, favourable for England to remain at the forefront of England is open for business and looking the global low carbon energy revolution. tax regime, world centres of for potential joint ventures, inward excellence, skilled available investment, partnering opportunities and Within England there are 6 CORE areas workforce, strong economy and developing new trade links with the world. which are deemed to have the ideal conditions for the offshore wind industry, government which supports and have been given the designation business investment. Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE). CORE areas have the available land, deep water ports, existing supply chain and skills provision perfect to support growing companies looking to enter the market.

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UK is the biggest offshore wind market in the world on track to more than 10GW operating capacity by 2020

Businesses located within CORE areas Even if your project is very early Thank you for taking the time to read our are in the perfect location for achieving stage, please get in touch and the large England CORE brochure. If your business success in the global offshore wind market. number of financial incentives, grants, and operates in the offshore energy sector, enterprise zones available in England or for any potential inward investment Should you wish to make an enquiry about may make a real difference to your enquiry, please get in touch and find out accessing the UK offshore wind market, business case. how locating your business in England is you will receive expert support to assist the best investment you will ever make. through the process. UKTI representatives Local representatives will help compile in over 110 countries can provide you with all of the support available for you, and For more information please contact the all of the information you need and put can also arrange site visits and provide UKTI Investment services team: you in touch directly with the team on the bespoke information relevant to your ground in each area. business. CORE representatives also work www.ukti.gov.uk/invest closely with the regional and national [email protected] trade organisations who can make Tel: +44 (0)20 7333 5442 introductions to clients at ‘Meet the Buyer’ events across the UK, providing the platform to quickly integrate you into the national supply chain.

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