Cornwall firms land share of £5m for offshore wind projects
Several Cornish companies are set to share nearly £5m of funding for supply chain projects in the offshore wind sector. The money has been awarded to 13 companies across the UK from the initial round of the Crown Estate’s £50m Supply Chain Accelerator.
Projects selected include those supporting the skills transition, floating platforms, anchoring and mooring systems, test facilities, and operations and maintenance facilities.
Among the firms in the Duchy to receive cash include Falmouth-based Tugdock, which was founded in Cornwall in 2017 and has patented modular floating drydock technology, and Redruth-based subsea engineering company Tardra.
The first funding round opened in June this year for UK projects that could support floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.
In early 2024, the Crown Estate published the Ce
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