SPONSORS OF REGIONAL FOCUS
COLLABORATION IS THE KEY
LEAVING BEHIND THE SAFETY BLANKET Most people who set up successfully in business do so because they are good at something and think they can do better than what is already offered.
Leaving the safety of a corporate job is a big step; it takes courage, hard work and an absolute belief that you know best. This group of people tend to be strong willed and independent. They are the real powerhouse of Britain’s economy.
Without people like this we have no real growth.
OFFSHORE WIND SECTOR – A BRAVE NEW WORLD Are these people however suited to the new world of offshore wind power?
ASTONISHING GROWTH POTENTIAL This is a market where growth in the UK is predicted to be four times bigger in 2016 than in 2010. By 2030, it is expected to be eight times larger than in 2016.
Tracking that exponential growth would see an SME with turnover of £300,000 today become a £10m business. Factor into that the need to innovate and cut costs, and it’s a challenge for any entrepreneur battling Britain’s ongoing credit crunch.
OFFSHORE WIND: COLLABORATE OR LOSE? Having five years’ experience developing SME business in offshore wind, it is possible to say the collaborative model is the one that works. For businesses to rapidly gain new skills and to also grow at the same rate as the industry, they need to work together. This is common practice and the default position when you talk to market leaders in Denmark or Germany. Indeed, even the very biggest industry players rarely embark upon a project alone.
A CHANGE OF MINDSET To a real extent this takes a mindset change. Here in the Humber we have pushed away traditional barriers and worked together to put our region on the forefront of the UK’s offshore wind opportunities.
SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION • Siemens and Associated British Ports around the Green Port Hull development
• The award-winning joint venture between Danish offshore wind and contractor Grimsby-based Cosalt Wind Energy
• Goole-based Danbrit Shipping’s UK collaboration with Danish logistics company Blue Water
PARTNERSHIPS IN PRACTICE We also practice what we preach. Renewables Network is only able to deliver to our membership by actively forming partnerships with other organisations and associations.
These range from other Humber-based groups to European and North American- based partners. If we are to continue growing with the industry we need to work with others. These partnerships have led to real commercial return for both Renewables Network and our membership.
COLLABORATION – THE WAY FORWARD From huge multi-national projects to SME joint-ventures, collaborations have been the way forward. The size of the financial investment and rate of growth in UK offshore wind means that businesses, from the largest multi-national to the smallest SME, must be prepared to collaborate and consider joint ventures.
Without that mindset those companies that don’t collaborate will lose.
Sam Pick Renewables Network
www.renewablesnetwork.co.uk e = See enhanced entry online
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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