Offshore wind is an essential part of RenewableUK and partner the UK’s energy mix and industrial companies are working to deliver strategy. Offshore wind already Offshore Wind Week 2016, which generates 5 per cent of the UK’s will run from 31 October to 4 electricity and by 2020 this will double November and celebrate the growth to over 10 per cent. Building out the of this industry and the benefits it current pipeline of offshore wind is delivering for Britain. Bringing projects could supply over a third of together companies from across the UK’s power needs. The industry the UK, Offshore Wind Week aims is investing over £18bn in projects to help deepen policymakers over the next five years and offshore understanding of, and support for, wind will be one of the lowest cost the offshore wind industry. sources of new power in the 2020s. Offshore Wind Week Partners October 2016 North West, Wales and Northern Ireland Image courtesy of Innogy Renewables UK Ltd The North West and Wales currently has enough offshore wind installed (1,812 megawatts) to power over 1.2 million homes, with a total of eight windfarms operational and two under construction. The area is home to a hub of activity to help support The North West is home to the world’s largest offshore wind the construction, operation and maintenance of existing turbines with a capacity of 8 megawatts each (supplied offshore wind farms, as well as the supply of services and by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind ) at DONG Energy’s Walney components to projects which are in development or being Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm is currently built in the UK and further afield. under construction. From large companies to smaller family owned businesses, The near-by Belfast Harbour, the UK’s first purpose-built companies in the North West and Wales are taking offshore wind installation and pre-assembly harbour, will also advantage of the opportunities in offshore wind, both in the act as the installation base for Walney Extension. UK and around the world. Our vision is of renewable energy playing a leading role in powering the UK. The North West is home to the world’s largest offshore wind The Port of Mostyn has acted as a wind farm construction turbines with a capacity of eight megawatts each (supplied RenewableUK is the UK’s leading renewable Acting as a central point of information and a port as well as an operations and maintenance base for by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind) at DONG Energy’s Burbo energy trade association, specialising in onshore united, representative voice for our membership, wind, offshore wind and wave & tidal energy. we conduct research; find solutions; organise North Hoyle, Rhyl Flats and Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm is Formed in 1978, we have an established, large events, facilitate business development, lobby Farms. currently under construction. corporate membership ranging from small and promote wind and marine renewables to independent companies, to large international government, industry, the media and the public. Wind farms Owner/Operator Capacity (MW) corporations and manufacturers. Operational Barrow DONG Energy 90 Burbo Bank DONG Energy 90 Gwynt y Mor Innogy Renewables UK Ltd, Green Investment Bank, 576 Stadwerke Munchen GmBH, Siemens AG RenewableUK Members engaged in offshore wind in the North West, Wales and Northern Ireland include: North Hoyle Innogy Renewables UK Ltd 60 Ormonde Vattenfall, AMF 150 ABB, Abtest, Air Core, GE Renewables, Amegni, ARMSA Consulting, Arup, ASC Renewables Limited, Athena PTS, BAM Nuttall Limited, British Engineering Services Limited, Cammell Laird, Capital Safety Group NE, Centriforce Products, CG, CWind, DONG Energy Power (UK), Dulas, EON Climate & Renewables, Rhyl Flats Innogy Renewables UK Ltd 90 EDS Group, ENGIE, Eversheds LLP, Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited, Fleetwood Offshore Survival Centre, Freshwater UK PLC, Grwp Llandrillo Menai, Walney DONG Energy, SSE, Green Investment Bank, Marubeni 367 Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries, heightec, HiDef Aerial Surveying, Hughes Sub Surface Engineering, Hutchinson Engineering, Intertek Group plc, ISO Fab, ITM Motive, ITW WindGroup, James Fisher Marine Services, Jones Bros Ruthin, Kinetica Energy, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind UK, MPM North West, West of Duddon Sands DONG Energy, Scottish Power Renewables 389 Peel Energy, Peel Ports Limited, Pinpoint Manufacturing, Quorum Development, Raymond Brown Construction, Rongxin Power Engineering (RXPE), RSK Under Walney Extension DONG Energy 660 Environment Limited, Innogy Renewables UK Ltd, S&C Electric Company, Safety Technology, Setter & Associates, Siemens Energy, Stratus Environmental, construction TNEI Services Limited, University of Liverpool, University of South Wales, Vattenfall Wind Power, Wind Farm Equipment, Wind Prospect. Burbo Bank Extension DONG Energy 258 RXPE Smulders. They are now supplying EDS 1 Altrincham tower frames, lifting frames and 8 Haslingden Offshore Wind in the stillage beams to MHI Vestas RXPE has been awarded two Offshore Wind for the Burbo Bank EDS has recently signed a contract multimillion pound contracts to and Walney Offshore Wind Farm with VBMS to carry out cable North West, Wales provide STATCOM units for Race Extensions as well as providing termination and testing at the Blyth Bank and Burbo Bank Extension J-tube fabrication for Blyth Offshore Offshore Wind Demonstration Offshore Wind Farms. The equipment Wind Farm Gravity Base Scheme for Project. This project is the first and Northern Ireland ensures compliance with UK Grid Bam Nuttall/Smulders. offshore wind project to use 66kV Code. Hutchinson has plans for a technology. quayside expansion to allow further In addition, the company has Key to UK Offshore Wind Farm Sites work in manufacturing. The company also won contracts to complete 2 NWF Fuels currently employs 126 people at their cable termination and jointing work Round 1 Round 3 Zones Wardle factory in Widnes. at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Round 2 Demonstration Sites and operations and maintenance Round 1&2 Extensions NWF Fuels has been supplying management of the High Voltage marine gas oil for the crew transfer Hughes Sub Surface Network at Teesside Offshore Wind vessels supporting both North 6 Engineering Farm. Hoyle and Rhyl Flats offshore wind Liverpool farms since their construction. The company first started in offshore in Hughes SSE has been active in Granada Material Handling 2012, with 211 current employees. offshore wind since 2007 and 9 Manchester, Birmingham provide a number of services including surveying, dicing, First founded in 1980, Granada 3 Gibbs ROV, rope access, cable pull in, Material Handling first entered Port of Mostyn emergency first response, UXO and offshore wind in 2008 following on Robin Rigg A&B more. Approximately 20 full time from its involvement at supply chain 7 Gibbs provide welding, grinding and employees and between 100 and events. The company provides design, 4 inspection as well as maintenance 200 subcontractors at the company manufacture, installation and service and servicing contracts. Just under work in offshore wind. of foundation Davit Crane, and has half of the 40 strong team work in The company has won over £25m supplied to 6 UK projects. 47 of the Walney 1&2 Ormonde offshore wind. The company has won worth of contracts with the likes 103 employees at Granada Material offshore maintenance and retrofit of DONG Energy, E.ON, Iberdrola, Handling work in offshore wind. contracts with Siemens, Innogy Jan De Nul, Van Oord, VBMS, Walney Extension Renewables for North Hoyle and Deep Ocean, Jersey Electric, ABB, Barrow West of Duddon Sands Statkraft for Sheringham Shoal. Parkwind, Alstom, Prysmian, ODE, Oftech Gemini, CTC Marine, Fugro, and 10 Rhyl Siemens. 8 HiDef Aerial Surveying Hughes SSE has recently Oftech has been providing services Burbo Bank Extension 2 4 Burbo Bank Cleator Moor, Cumbria been acquired by James Fisher to maintain turbine foundations North Hoyle 9 Group PLC which will bring further and onshore substations including 11 HiDef was founded in 2005 and investment to secure the company’s lifting & access equipment, lighting, Gwynt y Môr 6 1 provides ultra-high resolution aerial strong foothold in the industry. In navigation systems and pontoon Rhyl Flats 5 10 3 digital video offshore wildlife surveys, addition, Hughes SSE has recently servicing. The company has provided complex statistical analysis, reporting worked in Germany, Denmark and onshore & offshore LV electrical and consultancy services. HiDef first are actively looking at the French, support for RF operations since ventured into offshore wind in 2008 Dutch, American and Chinese construction of Rhyl Flats Offshore where they surveyed all nine of the offshore wind markets. Windfarm, and has been active in Round 3 offshore wind farm zones. offshore since 2008. Oftech employ The company currently employs 70 five individuals all of whom work on staff, with all of them being engaged Harland and Wolff Heavy the firm’s offshore wind contracts. in offshore wind. 7 Industries Major clients include DONG Belfast Energy, SSE Renewables, RES, Siemens Transmission Centrica, Forewind, National Grid, Harland and Wolff were contracted 11 and Distribution SLR Consulting, Hexicon, Highlands for the construction of the Manchester & Islands Energy, Oil & Gas UK, world’s first commercial suction Marine Scotland Science, Scottish Bucket Foundations for met mast Siemens Transmission and Natural Heritage, Natural England installations on Dogger Bank and Distribution is headquartered in This map demonstrates the spread of UK and JNCC, with contracts ranging the Firth of Forth Zone. In addition Manchester and has provided companies involved in offshore wind in the between £10,000 and £2.4million. to their fabrication facilities, Harland engineering, procurement, North West and Wales representing the and Wolff also has large storage, construction and installation services employment and wider economic benefit from assembly and load-out facilities for for the provision of transmission companies doing business in offshore wind. 5 Hutchinson Engineering offshore wind.