Major boost for UK clean energy supply chains
Posted on 11 December 2025
Great British Energy (GBE) has today launched a landmark initiative to strengthen the UK’s clean energy industry and secure long-term economic growth.
The £1 billion Energy Engineered in the UK (EEUK) programme will mobilise public and private investment to unlock critical supply chains and create thousands of skilled jobs.
As part of this programme, GBE is opening its £300 million GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind & Networks, designed to tackle urgent bottlenecks in key components such as blades, turbines, transmission cables and converter stations.
This investment will build manufacturing capacity and ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of offshore wind deployment and electricity network innovation.
The fund is a key part of the UK Government's modern Industrial Strategy which sets out a ten-year plan to boost investment, create good skilled jobs and make Britain the best place to do business.
GBE will work alongside partners including the National Wealth Fund, Scottish National Infrastructure Bank, and The Crown Estate to unlock financing for large-scale manufacturing projects.
To cement the UK’s position as a global leader in deepwater offshore wind, GBE is also establishing a Deepwater Wind Commercialisation Programme in partnership with FLOWEX, bringing together industry leaders to unlock the industrial opportunity from the next frontier of offshore wind deployment.
With strong public backing and collaboration across government and industry, Energy Engineered in the UK will deliver:
- High-value manufacturing capacity in the UK
- Skilled, well-paid jobs for communities across the country
- A resilient supply chain for future low-carbon technologies
Great British Energy CEO, Dan McGrail, said:
"Great British Energy is investing in British industry, we are helping to create jobs, driving innovation, and ensuring clean energy infrastructure is built here in the UK.
“This programme is about more than funding; it will help overcome the current challenges and ensure the benefits of a world-class supply chain are felt in communities across the country.”
Energy Minister, Michael Shanks, said: “We want our clean energy future to be built here in Britain as part of our modern Industrial Strategy. “This fund will boost our manufacturing capabilities for offshore wind – supporting jobs and growth in communities across the country.” Great British Energy Director of Supply Chains, Rob Gilbert, said: “Energy, Engineered in the UK, is a national initiative to drive down technology costs, crowd in private finance, and use our unique role between the public and private sector to support structured market interventions.“This programme will help the UK energy sector to learn collectively, scale deliberately, and compete globally – not just on cost, but on homegrown, long-term capability. This will create jobs, economic growth, and energy security for all areas of the UK.”
Background
The £300m GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind & Networks scheme Guidance and link to the online application portal will be available on the Great British Energy website from Thursday morning, along with other supporting documents
Great British Energy’s £1 Billion funding for clean energy supply chains was announced earlier this as part of the Industrial Strategy launch
EEUK will invest an initial £300 million in grant funding for supply chains through the Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks, and will invest a further £700 million in renewable energy supply chains within this parliament. This will ensure the clean energy revolution is built in Britain, bringing GBE’s total contribution up to £1 billion.
Further detail on the £700 million will be announced next year, including through the launch of an Investment Fund in Summer 2026.
As part of EEUK, Great British Energy (GBE) is today confirming the development of a Deepwater Wind Commercialisation Programme – a whole-value-chain approach to accelerate the deployment of floating wind and other deepwater technologies (“deepwater wind”), with the consideration of a competition on deepwater wind foundations and supporting serialisation as the initial areas of focus. In partnership with FLOWEX to advance floating offshore wind, the programme will set out clear next steps, timelines and delivery pathways that demonstrate GBE’s long-term commitment to the sector and to a system-wide approach to cost optimisation and UK industrial value creation. Guided by an expert team, this initiative will shape commercialisation pathways, reduce technology costs, kickstart supply chain investment and establish the UK as a global leader in deepwater offshore wind.
The programme will accelerate modularisation and standardisation of manufacturing, delivering cost reductions across the value chain, while working with partners across the sector, including wind turbine Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Working with such partners, the programme will develop commercial structures and demand signals that provide predictable, bankable markets for UK-made foundations, giving investors confidence to commit to long-term capability building.
Read more: https://www.gbe.gov.uk/blog/major-boost-uk-clean-energy-supply-chains
