Abstract
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) is leading efforts to grow globally competitive UK capacity across
priority areas of the offshore wind supply chain. Delivering that capacity could create thousands of skilled jobs and
tens of billions in GVA across engineering and manufacturing industries while ensuring resilience in our energy supply.
Industrial opportunity has never been greater, with Allocation Round 7 adding 8.4GW to the project pipeline and supply
chain businesses hungry to scale up to meet that demand.
The Prize on Offer
A once-in-a-generation opportunity is there for the taking
so we must be bold enough to reach for it. To succeed on
this scale the industry cannot choose adequacy, and I don’t
believe that our industry would. We need audacity to aim for
tremendous success, balanced with diligence to build it out.
The UK wind industry struck that balance to lead the world
in offshore wind deployment, we can do it again as we grow
the UK supply chains that engineer more of the equipment
we deploy.
Government intent has been set clearly by the Modern
Industrial Strategy and the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan –
building out offshore renewable energy supply chains delivers
against both of these ambitions. OWGP is proud to work together with colleagues from Great British Energy, The Crown
Estate, Offshore Wind Industry Council and many other
commercial and research institutions to grow the enduring
supply chains that will form the legacy of aligning industrial
ambition with policy intent.