Run annually, this is a UK-wide programme that provides targeted technology development, business growth and professional services support and expertise to ten SMEs developing innovations for the offshore wind industry over a period of nine months. Launch Academy is driven by challenges or themes provided by industry sponsors and provides value by delivering a diverse variety of “modules” to successful cohort companies.

Businesses in Scotland can take apart in our award-winning technology accelerator programme, Launch Academy. This programme provides 10 early-stage companies with wraparound support to help them further develop, then fully commercialise, products and services targeting the UK’s offshore wind market.

The Launch Academy East of England is a regional programme where companies across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex can embark on a journey to pioneer new products and services for the UK’s offshore renewable energy sector. 2023 was the first time we ran the flagship Launch Academy programme in the East of England – a region that is one of the UK’s largest offshore renewable energy hubs.