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Centres for Off shoreRenewable Engineering

Humber Prospectus

November 2011

Contents

Page

Foreword by Lord Haskins of Skidby 3

Enterprise Zone benefi ts 8

Sites available in the Humber 9

Green Port Hull - Alexandra Dock 10

Able Marine Energy Park 11

The Port of Grimsby 12

A comprehensive Government off er 13

Speed and Certainty 14

Case Study - Centrica 15

Skilled and trained workforce 16

Case Study - CATCH 16

An extablished Supply Chain 17

The right “place” to live, work and play 17

Housing 17

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Foreword

The Humber has a compelling off er for renewable

and European centre for this sector.

In the Humber sub-region we have available suitabledevelopment sites of all sizes, the fastest access to theNorth Sea’s main off shore wind sites, fi rst class portand transport infrastructure and a skilled workforce

renewables.

Through our partnership with HM Government, weare pleased to be able to off er the extra benefi tsthat Enterprise Zone status brings on our best sites,

process.

of this sector succeed is more than matched by the

Enterprise Partnership and its partners.

Having championed off shore renewable engineeringwithin our growth plans, we are keen to work with

and do everything possible to develop a renewableenergy super cluster around the Humber.

Lord Haskins of Skidby

Chair, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership

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Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) and the Humber Local

the specifi c needs of the Off shore Renewables Sector.

Centres For Off shore Renewable Engineering - CORE

• Centres for Off shore Renewable Engineering arepartnerships between Central and Local Governmentand Local Economic Partnerships that ensure businesseslooking to invest in manufacturing for the renewablesindustry receive the most comprehensive support possible.

know are already the focus of the investment enquiriesfrom renewable manufacturing businesses.

These areas will off er:

o The right infrastructure for off shore wind manufacturing

o Access to a skilled workforce

which may provide:

o Enhanced Capital Allowances

o Business rate tax relief for 5 years of up to £55,000 perannum.

o Simplifi ed planning regimes, for example through LocalDevelopment Orders (LDOs). These are fl exible planning

of development – providing certainty for developers and

off shore renewables can be found in the CORE summarydocument, available from the BIS website. This provides

and the research and development landscape.

You can download brochures for the fi ve CORE areas fromthe BIS website. This prospectus sets out a comprehensiveoff er by HMG and the Humber LEP - including its

Humber, specifi cally:

Off shore Wind Sector

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Why the Humber?

The Humber sub-region, on the east coast of the UK,is approximately 2,541km2, with 21,000 businessesproducing an economy worth almost £9bn and a

working age.

European Trade Axis (NETA) and E20 Trans-EuropeanNetwork traversing westwards from mainland Europe.

The sub-regional capital, Hull, is the 10th largest city in

of Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Immingham, Beverley, Goole andBridlington.

placing it to deliver an Off shore Wind Super Cluster,providing accompanying economies of scale to the industry

the Estuary.

Key features include:

• The UK’s largest ports complex by tonnage (69% larger

• Deep water ports,2 and the Round 3 which is the largest off shore wind siteswith direct, unhindered access to the North Sea. 80% of

market (2020) are within 12 hours’ steaming.

• The largest Enterprise Zone in England, with fi scal

Enhanced Capital Allowances and Business Rates Discounts,with signifi cant land designated on both banks of theHumber for OEMs and supply chains.

• by ABPand proposed €60m investment by Siemens AG to provide

will service the needs of the Off shore Wind Sector at GreenPort Hull . This includes delivery of new future proof quaysfor off shore manufacturers.

• The Port of Grimsby, closest to the mouth of the Humber,

(O&M) base, currently servicing Rounds 1 and 2 throughSiemens, Centrica and RES.

• Signifi cant private sector investment is planned to

the projected growth in O&M. Signifi cant land off ering

•A unique resource on the South Humber Bank, providingthe largest remaining developable site bordering adeepwater channel in Europe. The 325 hectare site thatwill become the £430m Able Marine Energy Park providinga facility designed specifi cally to meet the needs of theRenewable Energy Sector.

• advanced engineering and manufacturing fl oor-space.

•, including a separate helicopter terminal

at Humberside Airport, currently providing 30-40,000

• Daily shipping services to Germany, Denmark and other

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All Enterprise Zones will benefi t from:

• A business rate discount worth up to £275,000 (€321,434, November 2011) per businessover a fi ve year period.

• All business rate growth within the Enterprise Zone for a period of at least 25 years will be

prise Zone growth is reinvested locally. The development of the renewable energy sector isthe top priority of the Humber LEP.

• Government help to develop radically simplifi ed planning approaches for the Zone, forexample, Local Development Orders.

• Government support to ensure that superfast broadband is rolled out throughout the

necessary, public funding.

• Enhanced capital allowances for plant and machinery in the Humber. With eff ect from

eligible to claim enhanced fi rst year allowances for plant and machinery, giving them anupfront cash fl ow benefi t.

• Tax Increment Finance to support the long-term viability of the area.

Enterprise Zone Benefi ts

Site Size*Hectares

OEM /Supply Chain

325 OEM/supply chain Enhanced capital allowancesDiscounted business ratesSimplifi ed planning

EuroparcGrimsby DN37 9TT

142 O&M/Supply Chain TBC

PaullHU12 8AA

81 OEM (2) Enhanced capital allowancesSimplifi ed planning

Green Port Hull, Alexandra DockHU9 1TA


Port of Grimsby 79 O&M Operator/Supply Chain

Discounted business ratesSimplifi ed planning

BroughHU15 1EQ

35 Supply Chain/ Discounted business ratesSimplifi ed planning

Queen Elizabeth Dock (North)HU9 5PB


Queen Elizabeth Dock (South)HU9 5PB


HU12 8EE8 Supply Chain Discounted business rates

Simplifi ed planning

Former Hedon Rd Maternity HospitalHU9 5BZ

4 Supply Chain Discounted business ratesSimplifi ed planning

Burma DriveHU9 4SD


HU9 5NA3 Supply Chain Discounted business rates

Simplifi ed planning

Marfl eet Environmental Technology ParkHU9 5LW


Wyke WorksHU9 5NL


Staithes RoadHU12 8DX


Elba StreetHU9 5LY


KeystoreHU8 1UD


*Site size has been rounded up or down, as appropriate, to nearest whole number

Sites available in the Humber

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Case Study

Green Port HullAlexandra DockIn January 2011, one of the world’s largest wind turbinemanufacturers, Siemens AG , announced that they had

develop a new off shore wind turbine nacelle manufacturingand export facility.

the UK’s largest Round 3 off shore wind turbine zones in the

dock water area to create new land, and the redevelopment

facility.

Alexandra Dock is directly adjacent to a natural deep water

off shore wind farms.

The 56ha site already has outline planning consent fordevelopment of a 600m riverside berth, which will beamended to enable its use for the off shore wind sector.

mid-2012, with the Green Port Hull facility becoming fully

directly on site and create thousands of support roles within

the UK.

waterside development sites on the Port of Hull estate

chain businesses.

All these sites now benefi t from Enterprise Zone status.

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Case Study

Able MarineEnergy ParkAble Humber Port (AHP), on the South Bank of the RiverHumber, forms the country’s largest deep-water fronted,developable land bank.

Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) off ers 325 ha ofdevelopable land and 1279m of new deep-water quaysand has been designed specifi cally to meet the demandingrequirements of the Renewable Energy Sector. AMEP is thelargest Enterprise Zone site in the UK.

AMEP will provide a base for manufacture, storage,

turbines (OWTs) and their associated supply chain/s. It off ers

plant layout and to expand in phases as and when required.

structures) as well as key sub suppliers e.g. convertors,gearboxes, generators, and nacelle canopies. Furthermore,

Scunthorpe - in short, the truly integrated cluster.

The 1279m long (-11.0mCD), concrete quays, with 20Te/m2 load capacity (100Te/m2 patch load), will be fully fi t for

Up to 8 x 350Te cranes can be installed according to clientdemand.

Buildings can be ready in 2012 with the quays becomingavailable in Q2 2014.

To date £50m has been invested in preparing AMEP for

tenants.

270ha of warehousing and external storage, together with af

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Case Study

The Port ofGrimsbyThe Port of Grimsby as the closest port to the mouth of the

Management (O&M) services to wind farms in the NorthSea.

Off ering 24 Hour access and with a full marine supply chainbased on the wider dock estate, Grimsby has been the portof choice for major O&M businesses for the past 3 yearsincluding Centrica, Siemens and RES.

Jan Korff Petersen, Siemens Wind Power, Site Manager forLynn & Inner Dowsing

“Centrica assessed four ports and Grimsby was chosen

Jamie Rowlands, Siemens

moment. It is a benchmark for what we do elsewhere in theUK.“

Alan Thompson, Head of Renewables, Centrica

successful project. We could see there was a need for a

Kurt Christensen, Windpower Support Ltd

the value of their work will drop. They know that from thefi shing industry and it’s a good mindset. So far Grimsby hasbeen the best place in the UK to work out of.”

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The Humber“Package”HMG and the Humber LEP are working together to create

and invest in the area. This includes:

• A comprehensive Government off er

• Speed and certainty of delivery for the sector

• A skilled and trained workforce

• An established marine engineering supply chain

• The right “place” to live, work, learn and play.

A comprehensive Government off era. Enterprise Zone (EZ) status to the Humber – at over 270hectares, the largest EZ in the country.

chain, and will be one of the few areas of the UK that willhave sites designated to off er Enhanced Capital Allowances

Zone sites.

site EZ, the Humber Green Port Corridor Enterprise Zone

Maintenance (O&M) operators to invest.

b. European Funding

The Yorkshire and Humber European Regional DevelopmentFund Programme for 2007-2013 seeks to invest €583million in the Programme area to boost economicperformance, including moves towards a low carboneconomy.

and

sector in the Humber through support for research and

Approximately £258m is also available in Yorkshire and theHumber for the European Social Fund Programme for 2007-2013, including support to develop a skilled and adaptableworkforce.

CapabilityHMG and the Humber LEP recognise the need for highquality infrastructure provision to support the needs of theOff shore Wind Sector.

The Humber is already strategically well-connected with:

• The busiest and best-equipped freight and passenger

• Excellent to Europe, Scandinavia and the

North and South America, Africa, Australia, the Middle Eastand the Far East.

Wind Zones out of Port of Grimsby, through contracts withSiemens, Centrica, RES. The Port is the closest in terms ofsteaming distance to the North Sea wind farms.

• Enhanced rail freight access on both banks of theHumber, with recent investments of about £24m.

• Upgraded and well-connected road network:

- The South Humber Gateway is served by one of theleast congested motorways in the UK, the M180 via A180/A160.

- In Hull, the A63 runs through the City on the north bankof the river and was improved through the £45m A1033Hedon Road scheme which connects to the Port of Hull.

- The Paull site , on the eastern boundary of Hull, has aprotected road corridor linking the site to the Port of Hulland ABP are developing infrastructure plans that will avoidthe need to transport large components on the publichighway.

• viaHumberside, Leeds/Bradford, Robin Hood Doncaster, East

• Direct Hull to London train serviceday

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• Access to the Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology in South Yorkshire, and advanced

manufacturing companies in the Leeds and Sheffi eld CityRegions.

• in Hull,

of the Humber. North East Lincolnshire has 90% superfastbroadband availability which, outside London, is the highestin the UK.

bank of the Humber has a string of strategic employmentsites along the M62/A63 corridor which link the Ports ofHull and Goole.

Infrastructure provision in the area is being furtherenhanced with:

•on the North Bank of the Humber of £130m and £430mon the South Bank of the Humber to provide world class

• Recently announced expansion plans for the HumberPort of Grimsby Docks O&M site, including plans forharbour improvements to accommodate the projectedgrowth.

• Centrica has invested £3.5m to establish its O&M base inthe Port of Grimsby

• A18-A180 Link, southern access road to the HumberPort of Immingham.

Through the Government’s new Growing Places Fund,to unlock

and facilitate the development of infrastructure projects

Finance (TIF), Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), and

Speed and Certainty

The Humber LEP, working alongside HMG, recognisesthe need for speed and certainty of delivery to provideconfi dence for the Off shore Wind Sector to invest in the

through contracts with Centrica, Siemens and RES.

to off set any impact stemming from developments.

In the case of the Green Port Hull development, this hasactually already been agreed and provided. Flood risks havebeen considered and appropriate measures are in place to

riverside berth and the nacelle factory itself is scheduledto commence in 2012 to ensure deployment of turbinesoff shore in 2014.

is currently (November 2011) under submission to theInfrastructure Planning Commission and will be subject tofast-track approval.

More widely, the Humber LEP will – through use of LocalDevelopment Orders (LDOs) – deliver a business-friendlyplanning regime for the Off shore Wind Sector.

a reality by removing the need for specifi c planning

for the launch of Enterprise Zones in April 2012.

Humber to the Off shore Wind plans for the area.14

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Case Study

in the Greater Wash. The facility will be completed by the end of this year.

Centrica operates the 194MW Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm, which was completed in 2009 andis three miles off the Lincolnshire coast. It is also building the nearby 270MW Lincs wind farm, which

base will provide more specialist services.

energy industry, will provide long-term sustainable and well-paid jobs for the area and

supply chains.

“Grimsby

skill base. The off shore wind industry is growing apace and Grimsby is well-placed to benefi t from

forthcoming to ensure they are fi t for purpose and can accommodate the large number of vesselsrequired.”

“This is

to O&M bases here in the Port of Grimsby, ABP are working with major players such as Centrica todevelop the supply chain cluster which will fi rmly establish a new industry in this area.”

This is great news for usas a company, great news for the Port and the Docks and great for the community of Grimsby. From

Grimsby and the wider region. Centrica’s announcement has confi rmed that North East Lincolnshireis the place to do business when it comes to the renewables industries. Centrica’s plans will further

presented.”

the wind farm is completed next year, it will meet the annual electricity demand of around 200,000homes.

Skilled and trained workforceThe Humber is well-placed to provide the broad range oftransferable advanced manufacturing and engineering skillsrequired by the Off shore Wind Industry.

It is already home to key leading players in shipping and

on average, are not as high as some other regions, and theshort distances to work means there is a ready supply of

local labour available on demand.

The LEP has recognised though the need to put in place acomprehensive plan to create the infrastructure to ensure

maximised locally.

This will ensure that the area can provide the right skills, tothe benefi t of the Sector and the region.

are also working to ensure the right skills requirements aredeveloped.

Case StudyCATCH – Centre for the Assessment of TechnicalCompetency Humber)

The idea of CATCH was fi rst established in the late 1990swhen the chemical industry cluster group recognised

replace a skilled but ageing local workforce, as well asproviding a training environment which much more

Humber Chemical Focus (HCF), a local partnership wasestablished to develop the CATCH concept further andseek public and private sector

funding to build and establish the centre.

a successful funding package of over £8 million toestablish the new CATCH facility at Stallingborough inNorth East Lincolnshire, the hub of the regions chemicalcluster. Since April 2006, the facility has seen over 380

training providers in a close to real work environment.

success and the quality of the cluster partnership that

training that matches industry need.

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Regional Growth Funding (RGF) support in the Humberis being used for Off shore Wind Sector skills and trainingprogrammes including delivery of

(through specialist skills training, including grant assistance)to be achieved on the North Bank in support of the GreenPort Hull project.

Local provision includes:

HETAProvides highly specialised training to companies locatedaround the Humber at its bespoke training centres and also

HOTA

and commerce which trains over 5,000 delegates per year,

University of Hullbusiness, engineering, geography and sustainability. It hosts

power designers as well as leading R &D in engineering.

development, consultancy and supply of graduate levelskills for the renewable sector. It also has a state of the art

Doctorate Training Centre. to provide a strong base forresearch and development in the region’s renewablessector. Other key research areas are:

• Environmental impact assessment and resilience ofstructures

• Virtual environment training development for off shoreworking

- Has an extensive network

renewable energy and works in partnership with renewableenergy companies involved directly with the wind turbine

awarding bodies, and other stakeholders to develop wind/

Hull College – One of the top colleges in the UK, it provides

Hull Training - One of the largest and most successfulproviders in the Humber for over 30 years. It hasan Engineering Training Centre covering all areas of

and process.

training to meet your needs through strategic partnershipsand supply chain support.

An established Supply Chain

involved in related sectors including, Cosalt Wind Energy,

The Humber LEP aims to provide a rich source of accreditedsuppliers involved with the newly emerging global ‘greenindustries’. Recently approved Regional Growth Fundproposals will:

• Provide Business Investment Grants to lower the

companies

• Help local businesses to diversify and enter the off shorewind supply chain.

Grimsby Renewables Partnership (GRP) – Bringing together

Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises and key local businesses inthe supply chain, GRP has promoted the benefi ts of theports of Grimsby and Immingham to the UK industry forover 3 years.

• Delivery of services to install and service wind turbines

• Agency services for all types of vessels and rigs across allparts of the United Kingdom.

The right “place” to live, work andplayHull, the sub-regional city, has been a major European portfor seven centuries. It is a vibrant riverside city and provides

infrastructure, the Humber has outstanding assets in termsof its built, natural and cultural heritage.

The urban, rural and coastal ‘mix’ of the Humber sub-regionprovides a wide and accessible variety of landscapes andlifestyles.

Housing

The Humber off ers some of the most aff ordable and highquality housing in the country. In Hull, this varies fromquality city centre apartments to family housing in bothmodern developments near the City Centre, to historicVictorian Avenues in the suburbs.

The East Riding is able to off er a vibrant mix of village lifein the Yorkshire Wolds market towns such as Beverley andDriffi eld and picturesque coastal resorts.

Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham can off er any tupoe

The Lincolnshire Lakes project aims to create a major newsustainable waterside neighbourhood and urban extensionfor Scunthorpe.

Through the development of a number of lakes, there will

ecologically sound environment.

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The Humber is home to some of the fi nest museums inthe region. Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery has recently exhibitedDavid Hockney’s monumental “Bigger Trees Near Water”

to works by Warhol and Leonardo da Vinci - in 2012. ‘TheDeep’ is one of the world’s most spectacular aquariums,

overlooking the Humber Estuary.

including an ice arena, golf courses and swimming pools.

Beverley.

As a regional tourist centre, North East Lincolnshire has

Blue Flag standard beaches, to the Fishing Heritage Centre,

for a quiet, country life in unspoilt villages.

There are excellent hotels and bed and breakfast businessesthroughout the sub-region catering for all requirements, aswell as restaurants off ering the best of Yorkshire and worldfood.

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Dedicated supportThere are dedicated teams across the Humber integratedin local supply chains, partnerships and networks that willprovide a fi rst-class support service to meet the needs of

The Green Port Hull Partnership, comprising Associated

Council and the University of Hull was created in December

the rapidly growing renewable energy sector in terms

Contact detailsHumber Local EnterprisePartnership (LEP)34-38 Beverley Road

Hull

HU3 1YE

Tel: +44 (0) 1482 611890

E: [email protected]

www.humberlep.org

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Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)34-38 Beverley Road

Hull

HU3 1YE

Tel: +44 (0) 1482 611890

E: [email protected]

www.humberlep.org

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Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering: …...Energy Park Able Humber Port (A HP), on the South Bank of the River Humber, forms the country’s largest deep-water fronted, developable