The proposed offshore windfarms are some of the largest infrastructure projects in the world. The level of market investment could potentially top £100 billion. Tens of thousands of jobs could be created – research by the British Wind Energy Association estimates that by 2020 the number of UK wind industry jobs will be in the region of 57,000, a ten-fold increase from 2008.
We recognise that for development on this scale to succeed, the supply chain must be efficient and robust. The supply chain includes all the elements that will contribute to offshore wind energy deployment including components, skilled workforce, infrastructure, and also the regulatory environment.
This is why over the months of January to March 2010 we are co-hosting a series of supply chain events. Held throughout the regions, they are being organised in partnership with the UK government and the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
These events will act as ‘marketplaces’ to enable all those involved in developing offshore wind sites to do business together. No single region can deliver the requirements to support the scale of development alone; these events will create the opportunity for local and regional companies to do business right across the UK.
This is a huge opportunity for the regions and businesses of the UK to play a role in providing new jobs, inward investment and to ensure that we remain the world leader in offshore wind deployment.
DECC have a dedicated website for their UK Renewables Service, which supports individual companies who are entering or expanding in the renewables industry by providing information, advice and contacts. For further information please follow the link:
Supply Chain Events
The UK dates are:
- Aberdeen
28 January 2010 (Scottish Enterprise)
Event details: Mhairi Begg at Scottish Enterprise
email: Mhairi.Begg@scotent.co.uk
telephone: 01224 252 023
- Inverness
2 February 2010 (Highlands and Islands Enterprise)
Event details: Elain Cameron at Highlands and Islands Enterprise
email: elain.cameron@hient.co.uk
telephone: 01463 244 350
- Glasgow
4 February 2010 (Scottish Enterprise)
Event details: Mhairi Begg at Scottish Enterprise
email: Mhairi.Begg@scotent.co.uk
telephone: 01224 252 023
- Loughborough
25 February 2010 (Advantage West Midlands and East Midlands Development Agency)
Event details: Staffordshire University
email: iesr@staffs.ac.uk
telephone: 01782 294 110
- Doncaster
26 February 2010 (Yorkshire Forward)
For registration please visit:
 Yorkshire Forward website
Event details: Yorkshire Forward Events team
register at Yorkshire Forward: click here
Or telephone: 0113 394 9711/12
- Lowestoft
4 March 2010 (East of England Development Agency)
Event details: Toni Diggens at East of England Development Agency
email: events@eeda.org.uk
telephone: 01223 200 887
- Bristol
9 March 2010 (South West RDA and Regen South West)
For registration and tickets please visit:
Regen SW website
Event details: Johnny Gowdy at Regen SW
email: jgowdy@regensw.co.uk
telephone: 01392 474 323
- Liverpool
11 March 2010 (North West Development Agency and Envirolink Northwest)
Event details: Sarah Jolly at Envirolink Northwest
email: s.jolly@envirolinknorthwest.co.uk
telephone: 01925 856 046
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