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.
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. These nature-based solutions have been developed in collaboration with universities, the Environment Agency as well as end users such as windfarm contractors and developers. Exo Engineering is the lead project partner and manufacturers the ExoSpheres that will be used as in the project.
Total Energies
TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. The Company has pledged to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to the conservation of biodiversity. 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 windfarms in the North Sea by developing and implementing Nature-Inclusive measures and creating reefs. Offshore windfarms offer opportunities for enhancing North Sea biodiversity by adding hard substrates such as scour protection and excluding bottom disturbance from bottom fishing. The mission of The Rich North Sea is to create resilient marine life and options for improving biodiversity as the new standard in the construction of all offshore windfarms. 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.
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.
