Partners
OWGP
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) is a long-term business transformation programme that has been established as part of the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal. It promotes closer collaboration across the supply chain, implement structured productivity improvement programmes and facilitate shared growth opportunities between developers and the supply chain.
Over the next ten years delivery will focus on direct support to supply chain companies through a combination of strategic capability assessments, advisory services, and grant funding. ORE Catapult will manage the delivery of OWGP with support from specialist delivery partners.
exo engineering
Exo Engineering develops and manufactures low carbon, environmentally friendly products that are designed to protect coastal and marine infrastructure whilst achieving biodiversity net gain. Products range from ExoReef scour protection and ExoRock coastal defences to ExoHabitats for waterfront infrastructure. These nature-based solutions have been developed in collaboration with universities, the Environment Agency as well as end users such as wind farm contractors and developers.
Exo Engineering is the lead project partner and manufacturers the ExoSpheres that will be used as in the project. In addition, their role within the project is develop innovative strategies to mass produce ExoSpheres at a commercial scale as well as lead the extensive product testing programme which will evidence the suitability of ExoSpheres for mass deployment.
TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable, and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects, and its operations.
The Company has pledged to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to the conservation of biodiversity. Aware of the challenges related to environmental management and the use of the planet’s natural resources, TotalEnergies strives to manage the environmental effects of all its projects and operations according to the Mitigation Hierarchy principle of avoidance, minimization, restoration, and offsetting.
De Rijke Noordzee
The Rich North Sea works to increase biodiversity within wind farms in the North Sea by developing and implementing nature-inclusive measures and creating reefs. Offshore wind farms offer opportunities for enhancing North Sea biodiversity by adding hard substrates such as scour protection and excluding bottom disturbance from bottom fishing. Both soft sediment habitats and hard substrate communities are given the opportunity to develop. The mission of The Rich North Sea therefore is to create resilient marine life and options for improving biodiversity as the new standard in the construction of all offshore wind farms.
The Rich North Sea has partnered up with the wind industry and there are various collaborations with science, including a PhD trajectory and various additional scientific projects. The program currently consists of five offshore projects in Dutch wind farms, an offshore test site and a breeding line for flat oysters, next to several projects in which The Rich North Sea is a partner, participant or end-user.
ORE Catapult’s MEECE
The Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence is ORE Catapult’s flagship hub for advancing the Welsh marine and offshore renewable energy sectors. They are a catalyst for research, technology innovation and testing and demonstration to accelerate the commercialisation of the wave, tidal and offshore wind sectors by reducing the cost of energy, improving efficiency and reliability, and supporting the growth of the Welsh supply chain.
Through the partnership of ORE Catapult and the support from MEECE, projects can receive research and development, commercialisation and company growth support.
Hiraeth Energy
Hiraeth Energy is a Welsh renewable energy developer aiming to change the future of energy in Wales.
Established to develop utility-scale renewable energy projects, their work is underpinned by ethical and sustainable business practices. They aim to maximise benefits for the people, communities and environment in Wales by working in partnership; this enables:
Maximising the return to Wales
Building local, ethical supply chains
Empowering communities with consultation, decision-making and ownership
Supporting the most vulnerable with our targeted approach to community benefits
META by Marine Energy Wales
META sits within the Marine Energy Wales portfolio, offering testing in real sea conditions for wave, tidal and floating offshore wind (FLOW) technology in the Milford Haven Waterway, alongside world class port, engineering and manufacturing facilities.
The Marine Energy Test Area (META) is the only pre-consented, pre-commercial test facility of its kind in Wales. A flagship Welsh project dedicated to reducing the time, cost and risks associated with deployment and commercialisation of marine energy technology.
