The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) have today announced the start of a new programme, the INTOG Innovation Network, focusing on maximising the impact of commercial, pilot scale, innovative, floating wind projects through the INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas) leasing process.
This new network will work under the existing Energy Transition Alliance between ORE Catapult and NZTC.
The INTOG leasing round, managed by Crown Estate Scotland, is designed both to use floating offshore wind to directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production (TOG), and to develop a series of agreements for commercial pilot scale (less than 100MW) innovation projects (IN).
The Innovation Network focuses purely on the innovation element of the INTOG leasing round, facilitating research, development, and engagement scopes for the five projects allocated exclusivity agreements.
The priorities of this work will include:
- Building collaborative relationships between projects and identifying common innovation and technology challenges and opportunities.
- Providing a single point of contact for all five innovation projects to facilitate engagement and potential collaborations with wider FOW Industry.
- Sharing lessons learned to inform future projects.
- Adopting a common approach on topics where there are agreed synergies or benefits for parties.
- Exploring opportunities to test and demonstrate technologies for the intended purposes of increasing technology readiness levels and de-risking technologies ready for deployment.
Andy Macdonald, Director of Development & Operations, ORE Catapult said: “This new network creates a unique forum to help support the industry leading innovations that these projects are designed to deliver. Coming ahead of the build out of the large scale ScotWind sites, these projects offer a fantastic opportunity for industry to learn more about how to overcome the challenges, and maximise the potential, of new floating wind technology.”
Graeme Rogerson, Head of Net Zero Technology, NZTC, said: “Maximising the impact and value to industry of these innovation projects is crucial in realising the future ambitions for UK floating wind and the value to our supply chain and port infrastructure. We’re delighted to play such a pivotal role in driving this collaboration and shaping the future of offshore wind.”
The Energy Transition Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between ORE Catapult and the Net Zero Technology Centre, which aims to support decarbonisation of the offshore energy sector and accelerate the UK’s transition to net zero. This includes working together on pathways to support the North Sea’s sustainable transition from oil and gas to a position that aligns with the drive towards Net Zero.
INTOG Innovation (IN) Network – Participants
The network will work with 5 participant projects:
ABOUT NZTC:
- NZTC is a not-for-profit organisation working with industry, government and academia driving technology innovation to accelerate the energy transition to net zero.
- The Net Zero Technology Centre was created as part of the Aberdeen City Region Deal, with £180 million of UK and Scottish government funding to maximise the potential of the North Sea.
- To date the Centre has co-invested £301 million in technologies which have the potential to generate £10-17 billion in gross value added (GVA) to the Scottish economy, screened over 3130+ technologies, completed or progressed 175 field trials, commercialised 35 technologies supported 57 tech start-ups.
- In addition, our Net Zero Technology Services provide the energy industry and investors with insights and foresight on current and emerging technologies, helping organisations leverage technology to navigate and accelerate their decarbonisation goals.
For more information contact:
Pamela Bailey, PR Manager, ORE Catapult, 07771 206307, pamela.bailey@ore.catapult.org.uk
Ryan Farquhar, Digital Communications Lead, Net Zero Technology Centre, 01224 545617, ryan.farquhar@netzerotc.com
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About the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult
ORE Catapult is the UK’s leading innovation centre for offshore renewable energy, established in 2013 by the UK Government as part of a network of Catapults set up by Innovate UK in high growth industries.
Independent and trusted, with a unique combination of world leading test and demonstration facilities, engineering and research expertise, ORE Catapult convenes the sector, delivering applied research, accelerating technology development, reducing risk and cost, and enhancing UK-wide economic growth.
ORE Catapult operates in Glasgow, Blyth, Levenmouth, Aberdeen, the Humber, the East of England, the South West, and Wales.
