SPONSORS OF TYNE & TEES FEATURE BIG PLANS AFOOT
The winds of change are starting to blow for the North East of England. With many of the Round 3 Offshore wind farms being located off the east coast of England, the industrial regions on the banks of the of
the river Tyne and river Tees are proving ideal locations for companies looking to supply into this exciting arena.
PRESENT SITUATION
The Tees already has the yards of Heerema at Hartlepool and The Wilton Group on the banks of the Tees looking to supply heavy fabrications into the offshore wind market and TAG (Tees Alliance Group) have recently invested over £20m in a new facility for the manufacture of monopiles and towers.
TEES VALLEY CORE
Add to this the cable lay capabilities of Deep Ocean and the new offshore processing Centre at tAtA Steel at Hartlepool and one can see why the tees Valley is one of the Government’s CoRE (Centre for offshore Renewable Engineering) regions.
NORTH EASTERN CORE
Similarly the North East region’s other CoRE on the tyne is fast becoming a hive of renewable activity. In 2012 technip chose Gateshead for the location of a second offshore Wind office in the UK and SMD have continued to grow at Wallsend supplying both RoVs (Remote operated Vehicles) and subsea cable laying tractors to the offshore market. In addition the port of tyne 40 ha site at North Shields and the old Swan Hunters ship yard offer excellent potential as logistics hubs or locations for new manufacturing capabilities.
OGN (OFFSHORE GROUP NEWCASTLE) one company based on the tyne has “big” plans to support the UK offshore wind sector. oGN (offshore Group Newcastle) has planning approval for a 39,000m2 by 56m high new manufacturing plant on the Hadrian yard at Wallsend.
REGIONAL GROWTH FUND GRANT
The company have also been provisionally awarded a Regional Growth Fund grant for the factory at which they intend to mass produce jacket wind turbine foundations for the deeper water areas of many of the Round 3 wind farm sites.
STATE-OF-THE-ART FABRICATION FACILITIES When completed the facility will bring state-of-the-art fabrication facilities back to the area of the Tyne that is famous for producing the record breaking liner the Mauretania and also for the world’s first steam turbine powered ship, the turbinia in 1894. once again the tyne looks set to lead the world in the world of marine heavy fabrication.
Offshore Group Newcastle
www.ogn-group.com
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www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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