The city of Plymouth has seen its position as an international centre of excellence for marine research further enhanced after its three leading science organisations joined forces to launch Marine Research Plymouth. The University of Plymouth, the Marine Biological Association and Plymouth Marine Laboratory already have world-leading reputations individually across a range of marine disciplines […]
Yesterday OWGP launched a £4.2M support package which consists of a £3.5M Development Grant Funding Competition and a £700,000 Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) Programme for offshore wind supply chain companies. Development Grants of £100k to £1M are available for transformative supply chain projects that will deliver a step-change in company growth WEST is […]
Hexicon to acquire Wave Hub Ltd for offshore floating wind technology demonstrator Swedish floating windfarm developer and technology provider Hexicon is to acquire the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The deal, which is expected to complete at the end of May, will see Hexicon through its […]
The Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme is a new funding call which has been announced by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). It reflects the UK Government’s target for floating offshore wind to deliver 1GW of energy by 2030. Floating offshore wind (FLOW) is a fast growing industry worldwide. It enables wind […]
The Department for International Trade (DIT) have a marine sector specialist to help businesses across the Great South West (covering the Heart of the South West, Dorset and Cornwall & Isles of Scilly LEPs) looking to export their products and services internationally. The free service open to all marine sector companies in the area, can […]
MarRI-UK, supported by the Department for Transport (DfT), has allocated up to £1.35M to fund projects through a competition that will support the development of technology, innovations or services relating to Smart Maritime Land Operations and show potential to demonstrate measurable benefits to the UK Maritime Sector. MarRI-UK is looking to place a single […]
Offshore and large infrastructure assets are typically remote, costly and dangerous to inspect. As industry strives to keep costs down the commercialisation of drone technology delivers a cheap and efficient business solution. KTN are here to support companies capitalise on this rapidly evolving market by leveraging funding. As delivery partners, KTN are supporting a variety […]
The Department for International Trade (DIT) is responsible for promoting UK trade across the world and attracting foreign investment into our economy. As well as supporting UK maritime exporters, our Maritime team connects overseas buyers with UK companies to help them access the UK’s maritime supply chain and world-leading expertise in both leisure and commercial […]
Pitch your Marine-Tech product to international buyers in a way that has never been done before, using the power of Augmented Reality (AR). Applications close: Midnight Wednesday 16th December The Department for International Trade (DIT) South West, Business West and AR specialists Render are launching the first-of-its-kind immersive augmented reality (AR) platform for cross-border sales […]
Maritime UK SW is supported by a mix of public, private and research partners who invest to enable cluster representation for the South West Ocean Economy. The cluster offer two levels of participation: as strategic partner where you will have the opportunity to engage in cluster network activities and sponsor where the offer is solely […]