and floating wind turbines. In addition in ... the US, which recently built its first offshore wind farm. Exporting ...
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Monitoring 5%
Forecasting 2%
Installation 35%
Exporting Offshore Wind 90 80
Yet to start
70 60
UK companies are heavily involved in Completed the German offshore 50 40 wind market, which is the 30 second largest in the world. We are also gaining a foothold in2010 other burgeoning markets, including 0 the US, which recently built its first offshore wind farm. Entering other markets Britain is exporting essential services, such as cable installation, repairing equipment, and supporting construction work. The higher end contracts in our analysis were valued at £30m. Many major economies, including China and the US, are developing offshore wind. These countries are looking to learn from the UK’s achievements. In July 2016 RenewableUK and the UK Government worked together to bring a delegation of senior figures from China to the UK to learn about offshore wind. In October 2016, we took a group of UK companies to China to do business. The UK took the lead in developing offshore wind, and now the rest of the world is following, allowing
South Korea
Belgium
USA
Sweden
Netherlands
Japan
Denmark
Germany
Ongoing
Number of upcoming projects in the world
160 140
Rest of the world
120
Europe
100 80
UK
60 40 20 0 Under construction
Consented
significant opportunities for UK companies and expertise to be exported. Last year Germany added the most capacity of any country, and UK companies played their part in developing it. The Netherlands has plans to expand its offshore wind resource, Japan has a strong pipeline of projects in planning and France is looking to expand both fixed and floating wind turbines. In addition in September 2016, the US announced a strategic
In development
plan to enable up to 86GW of offshore wind by 2050. As UK companies were involved in the US’s first offshore wind farm, Block Island, the potential is huge.
Commissioning and testing 8%
Surveying 7% Support services 14%
Manufacturing services 29% Monitoring 5%
Forecasting 2%
Installation 35%
Undisputed world leader
Number of contracts awarded to UK companies
The UK is the undisputed world leader in offshore wind energy and has been for a number of years. Offshore wind currently powers the equivalent of over four million homes a year, and this will grow to eight million by 2020.
90 80
Yet to start
70 60
Ongoing
50
Completed
40 30 20 10
So far, UK companies have won 115 contracts to help 160 build 140 and service offshore Rest50 of the world wind 120 projects abroad. There Europe 100 80
South Korea
Belgium
USA
Sweden
Netherlands
Japan
Denmark
UK companies are active in winning deals in Europe, the US and Asia. Just as the UK’s oil and gas expertise has been exported around the world, so we are seeing offshore wind exported today.
Germany
0
are 249 wind farms currently in development worldwide, representing a huge potential prize for the UK.
UK
60 40 20 0
Upcoming projects
Under construction
Share of export contracts by activity
In 2015, UKTI estimated that by 2020, £40bn in supply and construction contracts could be awarded for offshore wind farms in the rest of Europe.
Consented
Surveying 7%
In development
Commissioning and testing 8%
Support services 14% Manufacturing services 29% Monitoring 5%
Britain is perfectly placed to take advantage of the large number of new offshore wind farms currently in the works.
Installation 35%
Forecasting 2%
90 80 70 60
Yet to start Ongoing
“The UK took the lead in 50 developing offshore wind, and now the rest Completed 40 of the world is following, 30 allowing significant opportunities for UK companies and expertise20to be exported.” 10 0
Case Studies 1
First Subsea
First Subsea supplied a cable connector for the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine. The Lancaster company has a long history of designing innovative products for use offshore. The project is located off the Fukushima coast in Japan.
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MPI Offshore
Middlesbrough-based MPI Offshore has been very active in the renewables sector for over a decade. The company has won a range of multimillion-pound contracts outside of UK waters for offshore wind farms across the European seascape. It has strong, longlasting relationships with many developers, in particular German energy firm E.ON. In 20132014, the company installed forty turbines at the Borkum wind farm and for one of the few offshore wind projects in Sweden’s Baltic region. In May this year, it won a new contract to install 54 turbines at the upcoming Nordsee One project in Germany.
3
JDR Cables
JDR Cables has built a strong reputation for winning work outside the UK, and it has supplied some of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms. This has helped the company invest £10m in its factory in the Port of Hartlepool. It has already expanded its operations in the town, now hiring over 200 people, and its growth will continue in the coming years with plans to build a training centre. This will further support the offshore wind industry in Britain, and abroad. Our vision is of renewable energy playing a leading role in powering the UK. RenewableUK is the UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, specialising in onshore wind, offshore wind and wave & tidal energy. Formed in 1978, we have an established, large corporate membership ranging from small independent companies, to large international corporations and manufacturers. Acting as a central point of information and a united, representative voice for our membership, we conduct research; find solutions; organise events, facilitate business development, lobby and promote wind and marine renewables to government, industry, the media and the public.
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This document represents RenewableUK’s knowledge on publicly awarded export contracts as of October 2016.
