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NORFOLK AND SUFFOLKOFFSHORE WIND CLUSTERPART OF THE EAST OF ENGLAND’SALL ENERGY REGION, HELPING DELIVERTHE INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Dudgeon Offshore Wind FarmCredit - Jan Arne WoldEAST OF ENGLAND’SOFFSHORE WINDCLUSTERThe East of England has become the UK’sepicentre for energy generation with its unique mixof renewable energy (and in particular offshorewind), gas and nuclear energy production. Theflourishing offshore wind cluster in the region isestablishing itself as the centre of gravity for theUK’s offshore wind market with more installedcapacity than any other UK region.The opportunities presented by the Offshore WindSector Deal have galvanised local partnershipsto develop a collective vision for the future. Planswill see the formation of an All Energy LeadershipCouncil providing the focus and direction neededto capitalise on this game changing opportunityfor offshore wind in the East of England.2This paper outlines the vison for the future,how the cluster will be further developed,and its aims and objectives. These plans clearlyalign with the industrial strategy’s five foundationsof productivity – place, people, ideas, infrastructureand business environment.
CLUSTERCOMPONENTSA recently published report by 4C Offshore, East ofEngland: Enabling Offshore Wind provides a good auditof the regional capabilities.The region has all the component parts of astrong offshore wind cluster and a positivecommitment from the sector. Benefitting froman established supply chain and experiencedbusinesses active in all phases of the offshorewind cycle, the region has the necessaryinfrastructure and opportunities for growth. Thereare strong and well-established relationships withacademia and centres of innovation, such as theUniversity of East Anglia (UEA) and Orbis Energy.SUPPLY CHAIN:The East of England’s energy cluster is home to a vibrant,multi-competent and collaborative supply chain of offshorewind, gas and other energy service providers, ports andfabricators. Together these businesses are able to execute andsupport significant activities across the offshore wind valuechain, from early project development, through engineering,onshore construction, assembly, offshore installationand commissioning to operations and maintenance anddecommissioning.The sector is supported by strong leadership throughNew Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Eastof England Energy Group (EEEGR) and businessorganisations such as the local chambers of commerce.The partnership also includes: Norfolk and Suffolk CountyCouncils, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, WaveneyDistrict Council, North Norfolk District Council, MPs andEast Coast College.Partners have joined together to form the East of EnglandEnergy Zone (EEEZ), which supports investment anddevelopment of the energy sector.“ Today nearly 4GW of offshorewind power is operational offthe region, accounting for 52%of the UK’s current 7.5GWinstalled capacity. ”ALL ENERGY:The East of England’s offshore wind industry is founded oncapabilities developed over more than fifty years of generatingenergy from the Southern North Sea’s oil and gas reserves,nuclear power, and more recently, renewables (offshore windin particular). Nowhere else in the UK can boast the energy mixand diversity of energy generation in a single region.SOUTHERN NORTH SEA:The Southern North Sea is endowed with a unique combinationof physical and locational characteristics that create afavourable environment for offshore wind developments.The predominantly shallow water, average wind speedsin excess of 9m/s and favourable geology are suitable forlow-cost foundations. The Southern North Sea is in closeproximity to both UK and continental Europe’s port facilitiesand international airports. The concentration of windfarms inthe basin allows developers to exploit the benefits of projectclustering.OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS:The East has played a leading role in the offshore wind industrysince the very beginning when Scroby Sands, the secondRound 1 project to be realised, entered offshore constructionin 2003. The following 15 years has seen the East of Englandestablish itself as the centre of gravity for the UK’s offshore windmarket. Today nearly 4GW of offshore wind power is operationaloff the region, accounting for 52% of the UK’s current 7.5GWinstalled capacity.The cumulative capacity in operations and development off theEast of England is 14.5GW, enough to meet approximately halfof the Sector Deal ambition for 2030. To date approximately 11bn of development and capital expenditure has beeninvested in constructing offshore wind projects in the region,with the 971 operational turbines requiring ongoing annualoperational expenditure of around 253m. 3
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UK Offshore Wind FarmsOther Offshore Wind FarmsAirportHeliport Full build-out of the projects in construction anddevelopment will require an additional 22bn in capitalexpenditure and bring the total annual operational expenditureto 550m.Of the nine regions being evaluated for Round 4 leasing bythe Crown Estate, and therefore potential candidates for post2025 development, three are closest to the East of England,meaning the region is likely to further consolidate its centre ofgravity status into the 2030s.OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M)The region leads the nation in operations and maintenancefacilities, with four ports acting as O&M bases for operationalprojects, two further bases in construction and one in planning.Additional O&M bases can be expected when the 10GW development pipeline comes online.Assuming a conservative forecast estimate of 75,000 /MW/year, the current installed capacity for offshore wind farms offthe East of England (not including East Anglia One, currentlyunder construction at the time of writing), could be worth in theregion of 309 million per year rising to more than 1.3 billionper year when the current portfolio of consented offshore windprojects is installed and commissioned by 2025-30.INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER:There has been a strong focus on connecting local innovationhubs, research and development organisations anduniversities, such as Orbis Energy, the Centre for Environment,Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the Universityof East Anglia, in a network of centres of innovation excellenceto work with companies from early stage R&D to establishedbusinesses to provide a focus for innovation support for SMEs,encouraging knowledge transfer, commercialisation andspin outs. The region has also developed close links with keypartners such as TWI and the University of Cambridge as partof the wider East of England region.INTERNATIONAL AND EXPORTS:The East of England is the closest UK region to the four highcertainty growing European export markets of the Netherlands,Belgium, Germany and Denmark, where an additional 37GWof offshore wind power will be generating by 2030. For over15 years, the East of England has collaborated with majoroffshore wind clusters across Northern Europe to driveinnovation. In addition, the region has been building strategiclinks with key European and global offshore wind markets,with memorandums of understanding and collaborative R&Dprogrammes currently underway with international partners.With courtesy of EEEZ5
THE EAST’SKEY OFFSHOREWIND ASSETSNorfolk and Suffolk have several key assetswhich are supporting companies operating,constructing or planning windfarms off thecoastline, which include:BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT The Orbis Energy centre of excellence– a specialist innovation and incubation centrefocused on renewables. The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR),bringing together nearly 300 energy businesses. Local partners collaborating to promote the EEEZ ona national and international stage to promote exportand inward investment activity. Business support through the New Anglia GrowthHub, with access to sector specialists, and a numberof New Anglia LEP grant programmes. Actively engaged business organisations such asthe local Chambers of Commerce and others whichensure the wider business community is involvedwith and aware of the local opportunities.IDEAS More than 15 years of collaborationwith major offshore wind clustersacross Northern Europe to driveinnovation, such as the current four year Interregproject Inn2Power which aims to expand thecapacity for innovation and improve SME access tothe offshore wind industry which involves the Eastand South East of England; Flanders, Belgium; theProvince of Groningen, the Netherlands; North-WestGermany; and Denmark. Cefas provides policy and scientific advice regardingoffshore renewable energy to governments, the EUand international bodies. It acts as a trusted bridgebetween governments, academia and industry. The region’s offshore wind industry holds strongrelationships with Innovate UK and not just theORE catapult, but also other key catapults drivinginnovation in the sector and across the wider allenergy sector. Access to innovation funding through key resourcessuch as New Anglia Capital and the Low CarbonInnovation Fund.“ The region has thepotential to benefit morethan any other region inEngland from a growth inoffshore wind jobs. ”6
PLACEINFRASTRUCTURE Enterprise Zone status for land todevelop manufacturing facilities andhouse supply chain companies. TheGreat Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zonecovers six sites in and around Great Yarmouthand Lowestoft, focusing in growing energy-relatedbusinesses. For example, the Beacon Park site isone of the most successful Enterprise Zones in thecountry, creating a cluster of largely energy relatedorganisations. Additionally, the Egmere BusinessZone situated close to the port facilities at WellsNext-the-Sea has been established to supportthe investment associated with the growing offshorerenewables sector off the North Norfolk Coast. Proximity to the market andNorth Western Europeanoffshore windclusters. Deep water port at Great Yarmouth,together with port facilities at Lowestoft,Wells and Harwich. Available land for lay down and assemblyat or close to quayside. Both Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft ports areexpanding the land and quayside space availablefor new state of the art O&M facilities. Thesefacilities provide significant local opportunities forthe economy through high-value long-term jobsfor local people maintaining the windfarms for 25years and more.Orbis EnergyPEOPLE EEEGR’s Skills for Energy (SfE)programme has acted as theconduit between industry and skillsand education providers in theenergy sector since 2005. New Anglia LEP sponsored the developmentof an Energy Sector Skills Plan for Norfolk andSuffolk, which is now being taken forward by keystakeholders from both the private and public sector.The plan prioritises mobilising industry leadership;developing a higher technical engineering offer;building ‘intra-industry’ and ‘inter-sector’ workforcetransferability; addressing overall ‘energy skillsfragility’; building inclusive local capacity; andsecuring the future energy workforce. The region has the potential to benefit more than anyother region in England from a growth in offshorewind jobs, with an additional direct 6,150 FTEs inwell-paid skilled work possible by 2032 (600% growthin current direct employment). 10m New Anglia LEP investment ( 11.3m total)in a centre for energy skills at East Coast College’sLowestoft campus. The employer-led East of England Offshore WindSkills Centre at East Coast College’s Great Yarmouthcampus providing a steady pipeline of workers forthe region’s offshore wind industry. Plans are well underway for the Eastern Instituteof Technology, a close collaboration of educationorganisations and employers across the East toensure businesses have the highly skilled technicalworkforce of the future. Industry-led STEM coordination hub.7
VISION FORTHE REGIONThe Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk,published in November 2017, clearly sets out theambition to drive the region’s position as a leadingcentre for the UK’s clean energy sector, capitalisingon the strength and diversity of the energy sectorand its supply chain, strategic location, skills baseand connectivity to other regions. The Local IndustrialStrategy for Norfolk and Suffolk will place a strongfocus on the region’s key advantages around cleanenergy, ICT and agri-food. Therefore, the offshorewind sector has a significant role to play in drivingthese strategies forward.Given the capabilities, assets and investment outlinedabove, Norfolk and Suffolk can justifiably be recognisedas the UK’s All Energy Region and centre of excellenceand innovation. The region is perfectly placed to tackle theIndustrial Strategy’s Clean Growth grand challenge andsupport the UK’s efforts on climate change. Through thecontinued development of offshore renewables, alongsidethe wider energy mix, and advancing new technologiesacross the energy sector, we will ensure industry becomesgreener and more sustainable. Underpinning this, and asa key component is the development of a strong cluster foroffshore wind with a clearly defined vision for the future.The East of England has the ambition and capabilitiesto become the natural home for suppliers entering themarket, and massive opportunities lie ahead for forwardthinking companies in the energy sector. With spaceavailable for business growth at strategic, significantlyexpandable locations such as the Space to Grow EnterpriseZone comprising of six sites around Lowestoft and GreatYarmouth, businesses can benefit from business rate relief,simplified planning regulations, good transport connectionsand superfast broadband, including deep-water quaysidelocations with close proximity to the offshore wind parks andsupporting supply chain.8Up to 2020, forecasted investment in offshorewind in the East of England is around 2bn, with theconstruction of Triton Knoll due to start early in 2019. Before2030, a further five projects (East Anglia ONE North, TWO,and THREE, Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas) areanticipated taking the capital expenditure up to 16bn. Overthe same period, the total forecasted spend in the rest of theUK is 28bn and 72.6bn in the rest of North-West Europe.Before 2040, the capital expenditure forecast for this regionis 30.26bn, whereas for the rest of the UK in this period theforecast is 43.6bn.Considering this massive scale of investments off thecoast (over 1bn to 2bn per project), the East of Englandis very under represented when it comes to supply andinstallation of main components. There are a number ofmain contractors; Seajacks, Sembmarine SLP, James FisherMarine Services, 3Sun and Global Marine/CWind. The scaleand longevity of the Sector Deal has the potential to triggerinvestment decisions from at least two additional majorcomponent manufacturers into the region - most likely to beturbine components - stimulating inward investment, longervalue chains and economic growth into coastal areaswith very high unemployment.Greater GabbardWind Farm
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm, madein Lowestoft by Sembmarine SLPCredit - Roberg Gregory YorkeGiven the region’s proximity to the largest concentration ofwindfarms in the UK and coupled with more than 150 gasplatforms in the region, the opportunities for operations andmaintenance of these facilities is unrivalled. New and innovativemodels are emerging for shared resources and capabilitiesfrom offshore accommodation through to logistical solutions.Already both oil and gas and offshore wind are learning fromone another. Further opportunities exist to pioneer inter-sectortraining and currency certification. The energy sector in theregion is at the cutting edge of innovation and technologicaladvancement. Gas to wire technology and gas platformelectrification, powered by offshore wind, are emerging asnew advances to provide additional resilience in supply whilstassisting in decarbonising traditional methods of generation.Opportunities for carbon capture and storage in the SouthernNorth Sea and the potential for the production and distributionof Hydrogen are also being examined.“T he East of England has theambition and capabilitiesto become the naturalhome for suppliers enteringthe market, and massiveopportunities lie ahead forforward-thinking companiesin the energy sector. ”9
ALL ENERGYLEADERSHIPCOUNCILTo realise this vision, the cluster needs strong andclear leadership, and a spirit of collaboration whichbrings together partners strengthening the strategicrelationships between industry, government andacademia. Following a meeting of stakeholdersin December 2018, it was agreed that a new AllEnergy Leadership Council will be developedto establish the East of England as the UK’s AllEnergy Region to boost trade, investment andgrowth within the industry and deliver the NationalIndustrial Strategy and Sector Deals.Stakeholders such as EEEGR, that has represented theenergy sector and its supply chain in the region for morethan 17 years, chambers of commerce and Orbis Energyare vital to ensuring the approach remains industry-led.Although offshore wind will be a key priority, the councilwill represent the wider energy sector, taking advantageof the East of England’s unique status as the UK’s only AllEnergy region, incorporating oil and gas, nuclear, wind,solar and wave energy. Delivery groups, led by differentpartners and aligned with specific objectives, will driveforward activity and report into the council. The council willbe strongly connected to key LEP groups/strategies suchas the Innovation Board; Skills Board; Integrated TransportStrategy; and the Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolkand local groups such as the Suffolk Energy Coast DeliveryBoard. In addition, the council gives us the vehicle to drivecollaboration with other key clusters.10A draft delivery plan is in place with the followingobjectives:I. PROFILE AND PROMOTIONa. Branding and marketing the area and cluster tonational and global audiences.b. Proactively promoting the offer to attract globalinvestment and boost exports across the energysector.II. LOBBYING AND REGULATIONStrengthening links with Government and Offshore WindIndustry Council and other bodies to attract support andinvestment and improve regulations.III. SUPPLY CHAIN DEVELOPMENTStrengthening the cluster, helping a broad spectrum ofbusinesses to work with each other, including tier onecorporates, and maximising export and investmentopportunities.IV. INNOVATION SUPPORTHelping businesses improve their performance andenabling them to enter new markets, develop newproducts, enhance processes and improve productivity.V. SKILLS DEVELOPMENTCo-ordinating the skills sector plan, connectingemployers with providers and responding to industrydemands in developing the skilled workforce of tomorrowworking in association with EEEGR’s Skills for Energyprogramme.VI. INFRASTRUCTUREAttracting investment to enhance and build theinfrastructure required to support the growth ofthe industry and improve connectivityand business productivity.
LOCAL DELIVERYOF INDUSTRIALSTRATEGYA priority focus of the new council will be to developthe offshore wind cluster alongside, and in parallelwith, planned investment and development acrossthe energy industry. The Leadership Council will havea key strategic role in supporting and delivering theIndustrial Strategy at a national and local level. NewAnglia LEP will be co-developing a local industrialstrategy with government, which will have a strongfocus on the region’s all energy expertise andsetting out how the region can continue to assistwith tackling the Clean Growth grand challenge.It will collaborate with OWIC to ensure that thecluster is delivered in alignment with theOffshore Wind Sector Deal.Dudgeon Offshore Wind FarmCredit - Jan Arne Wold11
Greater GabbardWind FarmFor more information, see websitewww.newanglia.co.ukJanuary 2019
England: Enabling Offshore Wind provides a good audit of the regional capabilities. ALL ENERGY: The East of England's offshore wind industry is founded on capabilities developed over more than fifty years of generating energy from the Southern North Sea's oil and gas reserves, nuclear power, and more recently, renewables (offshore wind
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