Offshore Wind

The Humber Offshore Wind Cluster – the UK’s most established offshore wind cluster

The Humber has pioneered the UK offshore wind industry for more than a decade and is home to 8 operational offshore wind farms, including the largest projects in the world – Hornsea 1 and 2, with a further five in development and two in construction.

In the Humber we have witnessed tremendous growth of the offshore wind industry over the last decade. We have seen large organisations such as Orsted and RWE (who construct, own and operate the windfarms) invest into places like Grimsby, as well as large OEM Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy invest in blade manufacture, training and load out at the Port of Hull. We have now seen the supply chain, education and training provision, infrastructure and innovation, flourish and develop with this growing industry. The Humber’s identity has been redefined with the place truly underpinning the name ‘The Humber – Energy Estuary’ where the energy transition is truly being recognised on the ground and bringing with it, immense economic opportunity and growth.

From the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Orsted took on a role to sponsor and support the Humber Offshore Wind Cluster with the intention of strengthening collaboration across the region with suppliers, education and training providers, innovation and infrastructure enablers. The Humber Offshore Wind Cluster was officially formed in 2019 and following consultation the ‘Humber Offshore Wind Cluster Prospectus’ was published, which synthesised the research and mapped out a strategy of action to move the Cluster on in its development. Now the cluster partners are focused on delivery and are committed to developing the cluster from established to advanced, supporting regional decarbonisation, contributing to the UK’s Net Zero ambitions and ensuring economic and social benefit is maximised.

Discover more at: www.humberoffshorewindcluster.co.uk .