ABOUT OWIC
The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) was established in May 2013 to drive the development of the offshore wind sector in the UK.
Building on the outputs of the 2019 Offshore Wind Sector Deal and Seizing our opportunities: independent report of the Offshore Wind Champion, published in 2023, OWIC brings together industry and government to realise the UK’s ambition of 50GW of offshore wind by 2030.
Co-Chaired by the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net-Zero and a government-appointed industry co-Chair, OWIC actively drives progress towards offshore wind delivery, supported by an industry-funded work programme and dedicated team within RenewableUK.
INDUSTRY MEMBERS
OWIC's board features representatives from the following Companies.
PARTNERS
RenewableUK
RenewableUK are a trade association who support over 480 member companies to ensure increasing amounts of renewable electricity are deployed across the UK and access markets to export all over the world.
Offshore Wind Growth Partnership
The OWGP is a long-term business transformation programme that has been established as part of the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal. It promotes closer collaboration across the supply chain, implement structured productivity improvement programmes and facilitate shared growth opportunities between developers and the supply chain. The OWGP is funded by members of OWIC and delivered by Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
ORE Catapult play a key role in delivering the UK’s largest clean growth opportunity, through their mission to accelerate the creation and growth of UK companies in the offshore renewable energy sector. They use unique facilities and research and engineering capabilities to bring together industry and academia and drive innovation in renewable energy.
Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council
The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council is a new group established in partnership between the Scottish public sector and offshore wind industry, with a Vision and Goals to to support the offshore wind industry in Scotland now the UK offshore wind industry has secured a Sector Deal with the UK Government, working with the DeepWind and Forth & Tay Offshore clusters.
