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SPECIALIST INNOVATION AND INCUBATION CENTRE
Designed as a specialist innovation and incubation centre for the rapidly- expanding offshore energy business, sitting at Britain’s most easterly point in Lowestoft, it has become home for key offshore wind developers, leading supply chain companies and innovators.
Johnathan Reynolds, Business Development lead for OrbisEnergy, said “OrbisEnergy is quite simply an incredible facility that has incubated more than 130 businesses, created more than 600 new jobs, and helped some of the region’s best-known businesses get established.
“OrbisEnergy is the physical manifestation of the region’s vision and commitment to develop a vibrant and dynamic cluster of offshore renewable energy businesses. Eight years since we opened the doors and we are incredibly proud of what we have achieved and the role that Orbis continues to play in supporting businesses and securing major investment not just in Lowestoft, but right across our region.”
opportunities and dedicated support
Among the incentives to taking offices in the iconic five-storey OrbisEnergy, the offshore renewables hub for the East of England overlooking the North Sea, is access to major industry opportunities around the globe, and specialist support to fuel business growth.
TENANT SUPPORT AND INFLUENCE ScottishPower Renewables, developers of the East Anglia Offshore Wind Farm and about to start construction for the £2bn East Anglia ONE using Lowestoft port, and with planning permission in the pipeline for East Anglia Three, credits its tenancy of OrbisEnergy as an important factor in winning permission for the world’s largest windfarm.
Jo Young, Stakeholder Manager at ScottishPower Renewables, said: "OrbisEnergy has all the facilities required to support an international energy company.
“Having a presence at OrbisEnergy has been integral in helping us secure planning permission for the £2 billion East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm project.
“Its flexible office space, conference facilities, networking opportunities, business support, information seminars and events, along with access to finance and investment, make it an obvious choice for a base for any company working in or with aspirations to work in offshore renewables.”
EXPANSION
A growing number of contractors, including those supporting RWE Innogy’s Galloper offshore windfarm off the Suffolk coast, have recently moved in and are already expanding.
Tenants quote business opportunities, new contacts, collaboration, building a greater market share in the wind, wave and tidal industries as valuable extra benefits to the office space, communication systems, reception and secretarial services and 24- hour access to the building.
INCUBATION STRATEGY Johnathan explains “Our incubation strategy is simple. It’s about doing whatever we can to support our tenants, whether they are starting-out in their back bedroom using our virtual incubation programme, or be it an established or multi-national firm looking to expand into new territories or new markets, or firms of any size developing a new technology, idea or solution which needs investment.
“What our tenant businesses have, compared to other serviced office space, is access to a range of specialist industry support including access and advice on grant-funds and financial assistance, mapping out diversification opportunities, understanding the market in more detail, or just an introduction to potential new clients, suppliers or partners to help their businesses grow. This is something unique to Nwes and something that has been of huge benefit to many of our tenants.”
GLOBAL REACH
The team at OrbisEnergy don’t stop there. Working with UK Trade & Investment the innovation hub has been helping businesses to explore major global growth markets with interactive presentations from industry leaders delivered live from the United States, the Netherlands, France, China, Taiwan and Germany.
SCORE INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAMME
Plans are currently being developed to work more closely with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult centre, including a £6m successor to the successful £2.7m SCORE innovation grant programme, which helped more than 40 projects with investment.
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