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NATIONAL INNOVATION CENTRE OrbisEnergy is the national innovation centre for offshore renewables based in Lowestoft, owned by Suffolk County Council and managed by enterprise specialists NWES. Its main purpose is to help entrepreneurs, start-ups and regional businesses join the energy supply chain and take advantage of the rapid development of offshore renewables in the North Sea. It offers companies access to high-spec office suites and dedicated support from industry professionals, plus the opportunity to get involved in a range of leading research and development programmes.


SUPPLY CHAIN


OrbisEnergy plays a major role in ensuring all the links in the supply chain have access to this fast growing industry, helping to build partnerships and commercial links among suppliers, contractors, engineers, manufacturers and research centres.


The supply chain spreads much wider than most of us realise. There are opportunities to provide a huge range of services to the energy sector, not just specialist technical services. These companies all need support, whether it’s finance, personnel, marketing, contracting, procurement, or legal advice. And there’s the indirect supply chain, which includes bed-and-breakfast, hoteliers and taxi firms; they’re needed to make the whole supply chain work.


FOCUS


The OrbisEnergy team is focusing on three complementary approaches to develop our supply chain…


• Support businesses that have already secured opportunities within the sector, and build on these strengths


• Engage with businesses planning to enter the market and help them to understand the industry


• Explore opportunities for companies unaware of the sector, matching gaps in the supply chain to the capabilities of businesses


STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE CENTRE


OrbisEnergy has a state-of-the-art conference centre, where we invite major international companies to meet local businesses and find out about the region’s capabilities. It’s an ideal opportunity for local suppliers already in the supply chain (or wanting to join) to investigate face-to- face what the industry requires and how they can access those projects.


WIND, WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY As well as the conference facilities, OrbisEnergy is a specialist innovation and incubation centre for offshore renewable energy - wind, wave and tidal. Two of our anchor tenants are major international energy companies: SSE Renewables and East Anglia Offshore Wind. We are attracting lots of companies to gravitate towards Lowestoft and OrbisEnergy, to work alongside some of the major players. There are a large variety of tenant companies, some are start-ups; and some companies are already providing direct and indirect support to the supply chain.


NWES NETWORK


OrbisEnergy is part of the NWES network of more than 25 Innovation Centres, Business Incubators and Enterprise Centres through which we deliver what budding business leaders need to get started. In the offshore energy sector alone, we’ve supported fledging companies to become major local employers such as Seajacks, the 3Sun group, Fraser offshore, Stimwell Services, 4C Offshore and many more.


SPECIALIST FACILITIES our fleet of specialist facilities include Beacon Innovation Centre in gorleston; riverside Business Centre in Lowestoft; Leiston Enterprise Centre a stone’s throw from Sizewell; and many more providing workspace and support for new businesses.


With the East Anglian coast being designated a Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering with a dedicated energy focused Enterprise Zone, we’re now seeing unprecedented interest with international investors and companies looking to set up and establish themselves.


INVESTMENT


Businesses are already investing in the region with NWES and OrbisEnergy providing dedicated support through our property network and support team. Companies such as offshore wind developers East Anglian Offshore Wind and SSE renewables; European companies creating new UK-based operations such as SubC Anglia, Windcat Workboats, and Fred. olsen United.


OPPORTUNITIES while there are significant business prospects for construction and installation, the long-term opportunities will be around operations, maintenance and asset management of the windfarms – that’s the 20 to 25 year business after a windfarm is installed. The region is ideally positioned for longer term operations and maintenance, building on many years’ experience of the oil and gas industry off the East Anglian coast.


GLOBAL BUSINESS


This is not just a local opportunity. It is a global business; there are global opportunities for companies based in our region. We’re here to help them to maximise their growth potential, with our partners EEEGR (East of England Energy Group) and New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, supported by the local authorities across Suffolk and Norfolk.


It’s our ambition to drive growth and to bring wealth and job creation opportunities to the region for the next twenty years; and we can also service a global market from Suffolk. We’re already starting to realise that ambition.


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