Great British Energy (GBE) has 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 has opened 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.
Growth in demand for offshore wind and electricity networks components is outpacing supply chain capacity, resulting in bottlenecks, longer lead times, higher project costs and project delays. This risks delaying critical projects and risking the UK’s renewable energy ambitions. The Fund will target investment towards the most constrained offshore wind and electricity networks components to address critical supply chain constraints and enhance supply chain security in the UK.
The Fund has 2 leading objectives and a sub-objective:
- Primary objective: Increase UK manufacturing capacity of key constrained offshore wind and electricity network components.
- Secondary objective: Create and support new and existing jobs in the UK, including in industrial clusters.
- Sub-objective: Promote more resilient and sustainable means of production by encouraging investment in shorter or greener supply chains.
GBE expects that this investment in additional manufacturing capacity will directly and indirectly mobilise more than one billion pounds in public and private investment and create and support thousands of jobs, including in the UK’s industrial clusters.
The fund opened for applications on 11 December 2025 and the deadline for Round 1 of the Fund is 31 March 2026. There are several more application windows opening during the year. The Fund is due to close to applications on 10 December 2026 (or earlier if our funding pot is fully allocated.) Grant funding must be drawn down between April 2026 and March 2030.
You can read full details about the Fund opportunity and how to apply on the GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks pages here.
