Three North East companies are among the latest cohort of an offshore wind accelerator scheme that has secured £1m for its participants.
Newcastle offshore communications specialists Force 55; Gateshead-based virtual reality training firm VRAI and Teesside power engineering outfit MJR Power & Automation are among ten firms on the second intake of ORE Catapult's Launch Academy programme which is designed to support firms in the commercialisation of new products and services for the offshore wind sector. The trio are participating in the nine month programme that is backed by bp, ScottishPower Renewables and Scottish Enterprise.
Representatives from the North East contingent were among those sharing their progress recently at ORE Catapult's National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. At the midpoint of the Launch Academy schedule, the firms are under way with a range of offshore concepts including provision of 5G at sea, the replacement of diesel engines in vessels and hydrogen steam power.
