Export Cluster Directory - Renewables and Clean Energy
The Welsh Government has pledged to make Wales a low carbon economy and, in doing so, a leading light in the drive for net zero and a cleaner, greener Wales. Rapid innovation is taking place in areas such as marine energy, the circular economy and low-carbon projects.
The Renewables and Clean Energy Cluster brings together a wide group of companies operating across all of the renewables and clean energy sectors, with a focus on the following areas of interest:
- Offshore Energy – Wind and Marine.
- Onshore Energy, – Wind and Solar.
- Nuclear.
- Hydrogen.
- Engineering and support services.
The Cluster aims to engage with markets of interest and is keen to connect members with potential customers and partners in overseas markets. The companies in this directory are all internationally focussed and seeking export opportunities wherever possible.
| Company | Subsector | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amber | Engineering | Amber supports businesses to strategically cut costs, reduce carbon and drive towards Net Zero. Our innovative approach to energy management has been saving clients money and boosting their efficiencies since 2009. We pride ourselves on delivering a service that is both open and transparent, with no hidden fees. |
| Animated Technologies | Engineering | Animated Technologies provide developers and engineering companies with VR and AR solutions to showcase or explain their project and products. |
| Black Fish Engineering | Engineering | Started in 2015/2016 Blackfish Engineering are primarily an engineering consultancy that specialise in wave and tidal projects. Working for some big names in tidal. They can do design, functional modelling, project manage the build and commissioning. |
| Carpenter & Paterson Ltd | Engineering | Carpenter & Paterson Ltd is a wholly independent British company that has been established in the UK since 1956. They have developed their range of Engineered Pipe Supports in the UK for the worldwide market, and are today a recognised market leader in that field. |
| C & P Engineering | Engineering | C&P Engineering Services is an electrical and instrumentation contractor, specialising in providing high voltage electrical services to the marine energy and renewables sectors. Services include: High Voltage Electrical Design & Build Services – 11kV, 33kV & 132kV, Private Networks, Commissioning & Energisation, SAP (Senior Authorised Person) Engineering Services, Operation & Maintenance |
| Cardiff University | Academia |
Net Zero Innovation Institute - providing the vital innovation needed to achieve net zero. Part of the route to net zero is mapped but much of the path is unknown. The institute provides the innovation and technology we don’t yet have, and engages with society, industry and government about how best to accomplish this. They apply an interdisciplinary approach across areas including physical sciences, engineering, built environment, social sciences, arts and humanities, biosciences and geosciences and planning. |
| Carey Glass Chester Ltd | Onshore Energy | For more than 50 years, Carey Glass has been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with glass.They invest in the people, technology and equipment needed to help clients’ complete projects that both impress and perform. They’re committed to providing a Total Service to our customers: on-time, to-spec, high-quality glass and responsive, honest, clear communications. |
| Clenergy EV Ltd. | Onshore Energy | Clenergy are a technology driven electric vehicle charge point infrastructure company and advocates of the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP).Their solutions allow clients total flexibility, choice and control over who installs and supplies their charge point estates, unlike closed network competitors. |
| Crossflow Energy | Onshore Energy | Crossflow’s Hybrid Energy solutions leverage our know-how in maximising renewable energy capture from a combination of wind, solar and battery storage; incorporating Crossflow’s patented resilient wind generation and “2 in 1” energy-tower system, including unique software for firm power generation. |
| Drone Evolution Ltd | Onshore Energy | Drone Evolution are providing ‘traditional’ drone services to clients across the UK including Vodaphone and other blue-chip companies, they created a tethered drone system for security applications.The tethering system, powerpack and the IP around all of this allows the drone to stay airborne for significantly extended periods, making ideal for applications in security. |
| DST-Innovations | Onshore Energy | DST is a materials company with a difference. At our facility in Wales we have brought together some of the world’s greatest free thinkers in chemistry and electrical engineering to provide eco-friendly solutions to common questions. Responding to commercial and consumer demand we have created groundbreaking, Digital Signage, Lighting, IOT, Sports, Medical and Battery solutions that will change the marketplaces for these products; eco-friendly solutions that allow for global mass adoption. |
| Dulas Ltd | Onshore Energy | Dulas’ thirty‐five-year history has seen the company pioneer innovative uses of solar, hydro and wind renewable energy in the UK and across the globe. The name ‘Dulas’ is an industry byword for ‘trust’, ‘quality’ and ‘expertise’. |
| FRE-Energy Ltd | Onshore Energy | FRE started in 2009 by a farmer, an engineer and an electronic engineer to find a way to reduce farm waste from slurry and other by products. Developed a suite of AD related technologies that allow for a very efficient plant that runs at peak efficiency. Initial plant at Wrexham now certified for food waste. |
| Future Geoscience Ltd | Engineering | Since 2017 Future Geoscience Ltd (FGL) is a joint venture company between PetroStrat Ltd and Hafren Scientific Ltd (including Chemostrat, Origin analytics) to undertake high quality multidisciplinary workflows, integrated wellsite solutions, integrated reservoir quality studies and regional studies and to provide a one-stop shop for stratigraphic and related reservoir solutions. |
| Grafmarine Energy Limited | Offshore Energy | Grafmarine are a start-up who are working towards bring to market an innovative solar panel, battery storage and energy management module that can be used in marine and harsh environments.The panels are designed to lay on any flat surface, can be joined together to create a network of devices that would allow a marine operator to make substantial savings on fuel costs per journey. |
| Intertek Energy & Water | Offshore Energy | Intertek Energy & Water Consultancy Services act in essence as a standalone business unit within the broader and much larger Intertek Group.Core activities are around – Modelling and Data Analytics, with a water quality focus. Oceanography, marine and offshore, renewables interconnectors, water quality, wave assessment. |
| Mainstay Marine Solutions Ltd | Offshore Energy | Mainstay Marine Solutions carries on a long legacy of boat building with a core management team who have been designing and building workboats for over 30 years in our deep-water facilities in Pembroke Dock, on the Milford Haven waterway in Southwest Wales.Their capabilities are showcased in the pilot boats, patrol boats, wind farm support vessels, workboats, passenger vessels and tidal energy devices. |
| Makefast | Offshore Energy | Makefast is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of a wide range of quality products for luxury marine craft.The company was created over 35 years ago, and is now based in mid-Wales with a purpose-built factory and a team of around 30 people, devoted to the art and technology of modern boat and yacht building. |
| Marine Power Systems | Offshore Energy | MPS started out with just an idea and has progressed into one of the leading marine energy technology developers in the market. This journey has not been easy, but it has been enormously rewarding developing and upscaling our technology to the stage where we are now building a full-scale demonstrator to prove our technology ahead of commercialisation. |
| Menter Mon | Offshore Energy | Menter Mon embrace and recognise the value of our resources and seek to add value for the benefit of the community. These include our natural and built environment, our cultural heritage, our agricultural and food sectors and most importantly our people. |
| Mona Lifting | Engineering | Mona Lifting provide bespoke engineering solutions to the energy sector, with projects in hydro electricity, power generation and marine/tidal applications. |
| M-Sparc | Offshore Energy |
The energy of M-SParc hits you from the moment you step into the building. Officially opened in 2018 as Wales’ first Science Park, M-SParc is the home of innovation and excitement in north Wales. With expert business support available to all of our tenants, our core team is here to help you and your business thrive and grow right here in beautiful north Wales. |
| NiBS | Onshore Energy | Northern Industrial Battery Services Ltd is a specialist industrial standby power company offering a wide range of products and services to their wide customer base.They provide a complete “life cycle service” from the design, supply, pre-delivery testing, installation through to ongoing routine maintenance, inspections, testing, decommissioning and disposal. |
| Real Ice Development | Offshore Energy | Real Ice development's aim is to produce a solution that will seek to strengthen Arctic ice against the summer melt and increase the albedo effect. The long-term goal of Real Ice is to prove that the commercialization of ice creation is possible, which will entice big businesses to enter the market and accelerate the re-icing process. |
| Reynolds International | Onshore Energy | Reynolds International Ltd (RIL) is the UK's leading independent near-surface geophysics consultancy company. Their main focus is in the development a offshore wind farm but also on small commercial development on land. Each site investigation, earthquake preparedness plan or glacial hazards assessment is unique to you. |
| Teddington Engineered Solutions | Engineering | Teddington design and manufacture bellows and expansion joints are used in a wide variety of applications to absorb vibration and thermal movement in pipework, pumps, turbines, tanks and other equipment. Their application has become widespread in engine exhaust systems, propulsion systems, flow-lines, process lines, valve systems and all types of pipework for all types of media. |
| Tomoe Valve Ltd | Engineering | More than 60 years have passed since Tomoe Valve, saw in the future potential of butterfly valves, and developed this valve for the first time in Japan. We believe that our business, which began with the sales of different types of rubber sheet, is constantly evolving with rotary control types with outstanding control characteristics, high performance valves that can be used from high temperatures and high pressures to cryogenic temperatures |
| Vessco Engineering Ltd | Engineering |
Vessco Engineering was founded in 2006 to support local industries in and around South Wales with general fabrication work and the fabrication of header boxes. Our first vessels were small, relatively low pressure filter-type units. Since then we have established a highly-skilled workforce, and gone on to specialise in the field of pressure vessels and process equipment. We expanded into the export market with clients in Ghana, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Algeria, while retaining our domestic customer base. |
| Viridian Consultants Ltd | Engineering | Viridian Consultants Ltd are experts in Nuclear decomissioning, nuclear characterisation sensors, laser sampling, nuclear consultancy and situ characterisation. |
| University of South Wales | Academia | Jointly funded by the University of South Wales and the European Regional Development Fund, the Hydrogen Centre is a focal point for new Research, Development and Demonstration of hydrogen energy technology in Wales.One of the main functions of the Hydrogen Centre is to raise awareness of hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier, with the potential to overcome our dependence on imported energy. As well as the work described on hydrogen technology, the economic and social impacts of hydrogen energy are researched at the Hydrogen Centre. |
| Workplace Worksafe Limited | Offshore Energy | Workplace Worksafe core business activities are around providing PPE and school uniforms that can be made bespoke and embroidered to suit. From this core activity, Windfarm Worksafe was developed to find innovate solutions to the transport and lifting of delicate electronic components for the inverter modules used in certain turbine types. |
| ZipClip | Engineering | ZipClip manufactures and innovates high specification suspension systems for all your HVAC, Electrical, Signage and Seismic requirements. They have a range of innovative products designed for speed and ease of use. The clip is manufactured from a high quality zinc alloy. |