OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AUDIT A Science and Innovation Audit Report sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Offshore Renewable Energy Science and Innovation Audit Contents 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................... 1 1.1 SIA Hypothesis .......................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Summary Findings ..................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Offshore Wind Market Overview ................................................................................ 3 1.4 Wave and Tidal Market Overview ............................................................................... 3 1.5 SIA Approach .............................................................................................................. 3 1.6 Offshore Renewable Energy Research ...................................................................... 4 1.7 Innovation in Offshore Renewable Energy ................................................................ 4 1.8 Skills and Training ..................................................................................................... 6 1.9 Offshore Renewable Energy in the SIA Area .............................................................. 7 1.10 National and Regional Collaboration and Funding .................................................. 7 1.11 Key Findings ........................................................................................................... 8 1.12 Recommendations ................................................................................................ 10 2 Introduction to the Offshore Renewable Energy SIA ................................................ 13 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 13 2.2 The Offshore Renewable Energy Industry Landscape .............................................. 14 2.3 Area Examined ......................................................................................................... 17 2.4 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 20 3 UK Offshore Renewable Energy Research ............................................................... 21 3.1 International Competitiveness ................................................................................. 21 3.2 University Expertise within the SIA area .................................................................. 26 3.3 Project Case Studies ................................................................................................. 36 3.4 University Expertise Outside of the SIA Area ............................................................ 37 3.5 Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 38 4 Innovation in Offshore Renewable Energy ............................................................. 39 Offshore Renewable Energy Science and Innovation Audit 4.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 39 4.2 Patent Analysis: Offshore Wind ................................................................................ 39 4.3 Patent Analysis: Wave and Tidal ............................................................................... 41 4.4 Patent Analysis: Summary ....................................................................................... 43 4.5 Innovation Case Studies .......................................................................................... 44 4.6 Technology Development and Innovation Assets .................................................... 46 4.7 Supply Chain Activity............................................................................................... 49 4.8 Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 54 5 Offshore Renewable Energy and Skills in the SIA Area ............................................. 55 5.1 Education and Skills .................................................................................................. 55 5.2 Skills Challenges ....................................................................................................... 58 5.3 Offshore Wind Employment .................................................................................... 60 5.4 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 60 6 Offshore Renewable Energy in the SIA Area ........................................................... 61 6.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 61 6.2 Humber .................................................................................................................... 61 6.3 Liverpool .................................................................................................................. 61 6.4 North East LEP Area ................................................................................................ 62 6.5 Tees Valley ............................................................................................................... 63 6.6 Scotland .................................................................................................................. 64 6.7 Infrastructure and Investments ............................................................................... 64 6.8 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 66 7 National and Regional Collaboration and Funding .................................................. 67 7.1 Collaboration Structures .......................................................................................... 67 7.2 Innovation Initiatives, Infrastructure, Funding and Networks ................................... 70 7.3 Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 73 8 International Clusters and Market Directions/Opportunities ..................................... 75 Offshore Renewable Energy Science and Innovation Audit 8.1 Offshore Wind .......................................................................................................... 75 8.2 Market Directions in offshore wind ........................................................................... 78 8.3 Wave and Tidal Energy ............................................................................................. 79 8.4 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 80 9 Key Findings ........................................................................................................ 82 9.1 International Competitiveness of Research and Innovation in Offshore Renewable Energy .............................................................................................................................. 82 9.2 Future Needs in Innovation of the Offshore Renewable Energy Sector ................... 82 9.3 Offshore Renewable Energy Workforce ................................................................... 83 10 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 84 10.1 Research & Development & Innovation ................................................................ 84 10.2 Resources and Skills .............................................................................................. 85 10.3 Supply Chain Capability ......................................................................................... 85 Appendix 1 Patent Methodology .............................................................................. 86 Appendix 2 UK Research on Offshore Renewable Energy ........................................... 92 Appendix 3 Wave and Tidal Energy Innovation Challenges and International Development ............................................................................................................. 95 Appendix 4 Selected Regional Supply Chain Mapping ............................................... 105 Appendix 5 Skills Data ............................................................................................ 108 Appendix 6 Consortium Members ............................................................................ 114 Offshore Renewable Energy Science and Innovation Audit List of Figures Figure 1: SIA area key offshore renewable energy activity (source: ORE Catapult and Technopolis analysis, 2017) ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Figure 2: Offshore renewable energy and innovation companies in the SIA region (source: ORE Catapult and Technopolis analysis, 2017) .............................................................................................................. 6 Figure 3: UK Offshore Wind Estimated Annual Spend and GVA (source: ORE Catapult analysis, 2017 (footnote 7)) .........................................................................................................................................