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Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence among BEIS offshore wind advances

Published on: 28 September 2021
Published by LNB News

LNB News 28/09/2021

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Issue Date: 28 September 2021

Published Date: 28 September 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that it has joined the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult's 'Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence', providing the Centre with £2m across four years through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. The Centre's mission is to 'Drive the commercialisation of floating offshore wind for the UK's benefit - through a reduction in the UK's carbon emissions and an increase in economic Gross Value Added'. BEIS states that the £2m funding will allow the UK to capitalise on a growing export market.

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