Ten bidders share wind power money

Ten consortia made up of 38 UK companies were selected to share £3million to develop innovation in support of the offshore wind industry.

The successful projects and delivery partners are:

• Composite Metal Technology, the University of Durham, David Brown Gear Systems and Ricardo UK

• David Brown Gear Systems and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne

• Ricardo UK, The University of Sheffield and Roballo Engineering

• Romax Technology and the University of Sheffield

• Siemens Transmission Distribution and the University of Manchester

• Siemens Wind Power and The University of Sheffield

• TWI, the University of Manchester, Monitor Coatings, McNulty Offshore, VattenFall Wind Power

• TWI, RCID at Newcastle University, SEtech, Parsons Brinckerhoff, McNulty Offshore Construction, VattenFall Wind Power, Scottish Power UK plc and Clipperwind plc

• TWI, University of Sheffield, CMR (UK), SKM, James Walker, Applied Inspection, and Le Carbone (GB)

• Xanthus Energy, Able UK and Ekspan

The Northern Wind Innovation Programme is funded by The Northern Way, made up of the three northern regional development agencies; One North East, North West Development Agency and Yorkshire Forward and is being delivered by the New and Renewable Energy Centre and Envirolink Northwest.

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