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Offshore Wind Growth Partnership awards £2.4 million to scale up UK supply chain

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The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has awarded £2.4 million to nine supply chain companies, aimed at enhancing their capabilities and increasing capacity within the offshore wind sector.

This funding, made available through OWGP's Development Funding programme, will provide critical support for UK supply chain companies as they scale up operations.

The programme supports projects that align with Industrial Growth Plan priorities to address key supply chain growth areas. Applications supported cover a broad range of growth areas including; electrical systems and cables, foundations and substructures, smart environmental surveys and installations and O&M.

These applications underwent a thorough evaluation process, with priority given to proposals featuring near-to-market solutions, customer interest and engagement and a clear and credible ambition for growth within the sector.

Nine companies have been selected to receive support from OWGP. These include, Airspection Limited, BPP Cables Limited, Fennex Ltd, HydroSurv Unmanned Survey (UK) Ltd, Innovair Limited, Kinewell Energy Ltd, MJR Controls Limited, SeaThor Limited and Slipform Engineering Ltd.

Andy Simmonds, Director of SeaThor, commented:

“Receiving support from OWGP marks another exciting step forward for SeaThor. This funding enables us to finalise the development and commercial readiness of our CableSpring technology. This will deliver a new standard of reliability for dynamic subsea cables and unlock significant cost savings for floating offshore wind projects. We’re proud to bring innovative UK engineering to one of the industry’s most pressing challenges.”

Minoo Patel, Director of BPP Cables Limited, said:

“OWGP funding will enable BPP to accelerate the development of next-generation water-blocking layer designs, providing vital innovation to support the rapid growth of the dynamic cables sector for floating offshore wind.”

Lynne McIntosh-Grieve, Head of Programme Delivery at OWGP, added:

“It is wonderful to announce the companies selected through our latest Development Funding programme. This funding will support a diverse portfolio of projects from UK supply chain companies set to strengthen the sector’s ability to deliver offshore wind at scale.

“The record number of high-quality applications we received in this funding round demonstrates the ambition and readiness of companies to meet the growing demand in the UK offshore wind market.

“We are proud to support these nine projects, which will accelerate near-to-market solutions, build capacity, and deliver lasting benefits for the sector and the economy”

For more information about the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership’s funding and business support programmes, please visit the OWGP website.


For more information contact Rhianna Knight-McGrath, Communications Manager at OWGP, rhianna.knight-mcgrath@ore.catapult.org.uk 

More detail about the awarded companies and their projects:

Company Name Project

Airspection Limited

 

Shore-Launched Drone Inspections for Offshore Wind
BPP Cables Limited

Design, testing and validation of innovative water-blocking sheaths for 132kV dynamic cables, delivering optimised, cost-effective solutions to extend cable life
Fennex Ltd

Accelerating AI-Powered WindSafe™: Scaling UK Safety Tech Innovation and Export in Offshore Wind
HydroSurv Unmanned Survey (UK) Ltd

3D Chirp Uncrewed Surface Platform (CUSP)
Innovair Limited

Expanding Robotic NDT for Offshore Wind Monopile & Foundation inspections
Kinewell Energy Ltd

Kinewell’s SAVE (Strategy, APIs, Visuals, Expansion) project
MJR Controls Limited

Electrical SOV Offshore Charging High Voltage system qualification
SeaThor Limited

Development and Validation of SeaThor's 'CableSpring' Technology for Enhanced Offshore Subsea Cable Protection and Operational Reliability
Slipform Engineering Ltd

Demonstration, R&D and Training facility (DRDT) Hunterston

About the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership is the UK’s flagship supply chain growth funding and business support organisation dedicated to offshore wind.

Our mission is to accelerate development of the UK’s offshore wind supply chain.

OWGP was established under the 2019 Sector Deal by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) as part of its mandate to foster growth within the offshore wind sector.

OWGP operates as an independent, not-for-profit organisation to provide support to UK-based supply chain companies, helping to generate know-how, economic value, highly skilled jobs, and export income for UK businesses.

Funding for OWGP’s activities comes from OWIC’s private members.

In June 2025, OWGP assumed the role of the Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan Delivery Body (“IGP Delivery Body”). The IGP Delivery Body’s role and objectives are described in the Industrial Growth Plan (IGP), published in April 2024, available on the OWIC website.

For more information, visit: https://owgp.org.uk/  

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