More than £3m of funding is to be shared between companies working working in the field of creating off-shore wind power electricity generation.
The Northern Wind Innovation Programme (NWIP) announced the names of companies participating in newly-formed consortia that is set to benefit from a share of £3 million.
The fund is specifically aimed at stimulating innovation and technological developments for the offshore wind industry in the North of England.
The Northern Wind Innovation Programme, funded by The Northern Way (a partnership of the three northern regional development agencies; One North East, Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and Yorkshire Forward) is being delivered by the New and Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) and Envirolink Northwest.
The programme outlined three classifications for the projects, AC/DC electrical conversion, foundation system optimization and installation technologies and bearing quality improvement.
The Northern Wind Innovation Programme is a Collaborative Research and Development product as part of Solutions for Business, the Government's package of publicly funded business support designed to help companies start and grow.
From almost 30 applications received, 10 consortia made up of 38 UK companies were selected against strict technical and economic criteria. They all demonstrated excellent standards in innovation in support of the offshore wind industry.
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