Innovation and Offshore Renewables Stephen Wyatt Director, Research and Innovation 10 October 2017

ORE Catapult: The UK’s technology innovation centre for offshore renewables 1 of 11 national Catapults, technology innovation centers in key sectors for the UK economy (others inc. Value Manufacturing, Cell and Gene Therapies, Satellite apps). Funded by UK Government, industry and bid-for research grants Effectively a Government research and innovation lab with a hands on role to support high potential companies 80+ technical experts £150m of open access labs Active in £27m of research projects. 151 partnerships with SMEs Strong partnerships with leading universities £15m/yr Gov stipend 80+ technical experts

Why Innovate?

Innovate out of necessity….

Innovate to meet a challenge….

UK has 5.5 GW of offshore wind installed, ~19GW in the pipeline 50 companies - Whose product development we’ve supported through our testing & validation services 151 SMEs - We’ve supported Operating £1/4bn - of world-leading test and demonstration facilities in support of UK innovation 75% - Year on year uplift on competitive R&D Global reach - 18 countries we have worked with to develop opportunities for UK supply chain World firsts First benchmarking platform for offshore wind turbines Operating largest indoor blade test facility World’s largest open access offshore wind turbine dedicated to research First accelerated testing of 66KV cable 1:4:27 - For every £1 of core grant invested we have secured £4 of additional research income driving £27 of research for industry c£4.9m - Invested in procuring capital equipment, materials & engineering and consulting services from our supply chain. 23 - Competitively won R&D projects £6.2 - Invested in building team of leading engineering and research specialists £5.7m - Expenditure on collaborative projects and programmes in 2015/16 The UK has a large pipeline of future sites Future sites will be further offshore Today offshore wind provides 10% of the UKs electricity

Innovation out of Necessity and Challenge: in 2013 offshore wind set out clear targets for cost reduction

Offshore wind is rising to the challenge…. ~£120/MWh 2015 vs. £54/MWh 2017 Holland* Germany* UK *NL and DE sites exclude grid connection and some consenting costs Offshore wind auction results across Europe vs. ceiling price

Research and Innovation priorities (Much) Bigger Turbines +10MW machines (Blades and Drivetrains) Control and yield Mass and cooling issues Long blade technology (~120m) Automated blade manufacture The UK energy network: Major transformation of the energy system is need to occur. Capacity factor and dispatchability Levenmouth smart energy demonstrator Storage: Hydrogen, ammonia. Offshore substation and array cabes 33kV to 66kV and HVDC Export cables DC cables for longer transmission linkages, also require switching / convertor breakthroughs. New Foundations XL Monopiles (10 to 40m depth) Jackets (30m to 60m depth) Later: Floating platforms Smart O&M Robotics and AI Sophisticated planning, optimised CTV’s, autonomous vessels, shared facilities

Links to ETP KEN programme Commercialising research: New products & businesses for a step change in technology Links to ETP KEN programme

We are structured around 4 delivery areaso New energy generation industries perhaps come along once in a lifetime The UK is genuinely a world leader in offshore wind deployment, and Research and Innovation An exciting industry at an exciting time