The GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks recently launched and will close on 10th December 2026. The Fund will award up to £300 million in capital grant funding to build UK manufacturing capacity for key constrained components in offshore wind and enabling electricity networks sectors.  

The Fund’s application window opened on 11th December 2025 and will close 10th December 2026 (or earlier if our funding pot is fully allocated.) Grant funding must be drawn down between April 2026 and March 2030.

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.

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.

For more information about this fund please click here.