The Celtic Sea Cluster (CSC) works to support the establishment of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea by:
• uniting the region
• championing our supply chain
• driving economic growth
The Cluster works closely with the project developers staking a claim to areas of seabed with The Crown Estate and the key authorities that border the Celtic Sea – the area of ocean situated off the coast of Cornwall, between Wales and Ireland.
Floating offshore wind is expected to contribute to the creation of more than 29,000 UK jobs and deliver an anticipated £43.6bn in UK gross value add (GVA) by 2050 against a 100GW offshore wind deployment scenario, whilst boosting industry and opportunity in Wales and the South West.
The UK has set ambitious targets for offshore wind by 2050, the Celtic Sea will be a major contributor to our decarbonisation goals.
The scale of the task is enormous, requiring a coordinated response from the UK supply chain and a potential economic boom for Wales and the South West from the engineering, operations, and maintenance of the Celtic Sea floating wind platforms and turbines.
Membership of the Celtic Sea Cluster provides individual supply chain organisations the opportunity to have their views collectively shared as one voice to Governments, Regulators and Project Developers.
The Cluster enables collaboration and preparation to respond to floating wind procurement calls.
Benefits of membership:
Membership of the Celtic Sea Cluster is open to all companies with an established base in Wales, Cornwall and the Great South West, or companies seeking to provide inward investment into those regions.
Members must demonstrate clear interest in the offshore wind sector or be from other industrial sectors interested in entering the offshore wind sector e.g. aerospace, defence, automotive, or oil and gas.
Membership does not convey any rights or obligations to members, though the Cluster Board may consult the membership.
The Cluster Board will work with members to help them understand the regional and national requirements of the offshore wind supply chain in the UK and overseas.