Capital Support Awarded

A case study on Cerulean Winds’ Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) interface assembly demonstrator reports that the project received an NZIP grant of £825,692. The demonstrator is led by Cerulean Winds and is closely tied to the company’s three planned 1 GW floating offshore wind projects in the North Sea: Aspen, Beech and Cedar. The funded work supports key areas of design development, particularly the complex dynamic behaviour of floating offshore wind systems, and is framed as a critical enabler for delivering floating wind at commercial scale before 2030. The grant underpins a mature project definition developed with Tier 1 consortium partners and helps provide a clear reference case to the supply chain, encouraging inward investment and the ramp-up of local UK capabilities. The innovation programme aims to apply an oil and gas sector approach to large-scale floating infrastructure, targeting TRL 8 for the integrated dynamic system comprising the floating foundation, wind turbine, mooring system and dynamic cables. The grant-supported activities also focus on defining key interface points and a deliverable solution at scale, accelerating cost reduction and technology maturity to enable giga-scale floating wind developments in UK waters. As part of the project, Cerulean and partners such as NOV and Siemens Energy developed detailed front-end designs, installation plans, and an assessment of UK fabrication and assembly capabilities involving 37 supply chain companies. These outcomes directly support the future development and construction of the Aspen, Beech and Cedar projects, including Cerulean Beech, and contribute to industrial decarbonisation and UKCS emissions abatement by enabling green power delivery ahead of 2030.