DARE CENTRE
Our state-of-the-art DARE Centre is the first of its kind in the UK and provides a unique opportunity for developers, researchers and wider industry to test, demonstrate and commercialise innovative digital and robotic products and services for the offshore renewable energy market.
As offshore wind in the UK gets set to triple capacity over the next decade, the adoption of robotics and autonomous systems is vital to achieving this rapid expansion and reaching Net Zero. These technologies play an increasingly important role in the offshore renewable energy sector, and the UK is primed to establish a world-leading supply chain linked to their future development.
DARE CENTRE FACILITIES & SERVICES
The DARE Centre includes a robotics assembly bay, an airborne robotics test zone, three dry docks with 20,000m3 capacity and test control rooms linked to the docks via a live environment monitoring system. The centre is the latest part of our National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, which offers a wide range of test and validation facilities, including market-leading wind turbine testing and an offshore demonstration zone.
Facilities include:
Command and control rooms
Live environmental monitoring system (Outdoor camera systems/temperature and water condition data)
Plug and play interface system
Indoor assembly stations
Indoor secure storage
Mechanical and electrical workshop
Office space and meeting rooms
Conferencing & Networking spaces with welfare facility
The DARE Centre will propel UK businesses and this capability into the fast-expanding offshore wind space. Innovation we can unlock here will allow those at the cutting edge of offshore wind development to work faster and safer, optimise specialist skills, improve reliability, and reduce the carbon footprint of the next generation of offshore wind farms.”
Andrew Jamieson
CEO at ORE Catapult
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