GRANTS totalling £10million for developing next-generation offshore wind technology are announced today.
The beneficiaries include NGenTec of Edinburgh, which is getting £800,000 to help develop and demonstrate a new 6MW generator.
The firm said: “This is great news and helps us with the funding required to commercialise our world-leading British generator technology developed at Edinburgh University.
“With the support of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, this will help us create a large UK-based business taking advantage of the huge growth in the offshore wind market initially in the UK.”
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said: “Offshore wind will be very significant in the energy mix as we move to low carbon, sustainable energy supplies.
“The UK has a wealth of natural resource and coastlines for offshore wind. We are already world leaders in building offshore windfarms but we must do much, much more.
“These investments can help our own businesses reap the benefits of renewable energy and help lower costs to consumers.
“That’s why it’s important that we support UK supply chain companies, even in these tough economic times, with grants to help them develop technologies to fit the emerging market.”
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