Forth & Tay Offshore

What Forth & Tay Offshore does

Forth & Tay Offshore (legal name: The Forth & Tay Offshore Cluster) is a private, membership-based industry cluster organization founded in 2011 and headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, dedicated to supporting the offshore wind sector along Scotland's east coast. It operates as a non-commercial convener rather than a product or technology company: membership is free and open to any company with an interest in offshore wind, and the organization derives no disclosed revenue from membership fees. Its core activities include maintaining a searchable supplier directory, conducting supply chain surveys, hosting regional showcase events (the first delivered in Fife in May 2026 with planned expansion to Dundee and other locations), publishing market intelligence and opportunity updates, facilitating webinars with partners such as Forth Ports and Inch Cape, and supporting skills development.

The cluster's strategic relevance derives from the asset density of its geographic remit. It covers three major offshore wind projects — Seagreen (Scotland's largest operational wind farm, a SSE/TotalEnergies/PTTEP joint venture), Neart na Gaoithe (450MW, fully operational, EDF Power Solutions / ESB), and Inch Cape (1.1GW, under construction, ESB / Red Rock Power) — as well as eight named ports including Forth Green Freeport, Dundee, Leith, Montrose, Rosyth, and Fife Ports. Its stated 2030 vision is to make the Forth and Tay region home to a thriving, internationally competitive offshore energy supply chain serving local, national and international projects.

Forth & Tay Offshore collaborates with the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee through the £2.5 million UKRI EPSRC-funded Place Based Impact Accelerator Account (PBIAA) innovation programme, launched in mid-2025, and partners with the Scottish Government on the Ireland-Scotland Offshore Wind Internship Pilot 2026. Additional core partners include ORE Catapult, Fife Council (InvestFife), Forth Green Freeport, Heriot-Watt University, Fife College, SGN, Innovate UK Business Connect, and Business Gateway Fife. Its go-to-market motion is community-led: it curates member capabilities, runs events, and brokers introductions between regional supply chain companies and major offshore wind developers rather than selling products or licenses.

Name

Forth & Tay Offshore

Legal name

The Forth & Tay Offshore Cluster

Website

https://forthandtayoffshore.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Forth & Tay Offshore is a non-commercial, membership-based industry cluster organization that convenes offshore wind supply chain companies, academic institutions, and port authorities along Scotland's east coast to connect them with major regional projects including Seagreen, Neart na Gaoithe, and Inch Cape.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership services: The organization provides free membership to companies with an interest in offshore wind. The cluster connects supply chain companies, facilitates networking, and promotes regional capabilities to developers and contractors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Forth & Tay Offshore is an industry cluster and supply-chain network that supports companies in the offshore wind sector along Scotland's east coast. It curates a searchable supplier directory, runs supply chain surveys, hosts regional showcase events and webinars, publishes news and market intelligence, and partners with the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee on the £2.5 million PBIAA innovation programme funded by UKRI EPSRC. Membership is free and open to any company with an interest in offshore wind.

Product overview

Forth & Tay Offshore is an industry cluster organization, not a product company. It provides membership services, supply chain support, networking, skills development, and market intelligence for companies in the offshore wind sector along Scotland's east coast. The organization does not offer a software product or technology platform.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership services for the offshore wind supply chain Free membership programme that joins companies with an interest in offshore wind to the Forth & Tay Offshore cluster, providing access to the supplier directory, networking opportunities, market intelligence updates, regional showcase events and collaborative programmes.
• Searchable supplier directory Online searchable directory of offshore wind supply chain companies built from Supply Chain Survey responses, allowing developers, contractors and members to browse and connect with suppliers based on capabilities and services.
• Regional showcase events In-person regional spotlight events bringing together businesses, industry leaders, academia and support organisations for direct networking and business development in offshore wind.
• PBIAA Place Based Impact Accelerator Account innovation programme £2.5 million UKRI EPSRC-funded collaborative innovation programme delivered with the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee, supporting offshore wind technology advancement, collaborative projects and secondments to address real-world challenges.
• Partner-led industry webinars Webinars with Forth Ports, Inch Cape, ORE Catapult and other industry specialists covering port infrastructure, turbine foundations and supply chain opportunities for cluster members.
• Supply chain survey programme Survey programme collecting supply chain capability and capacity data from companies in the region, used to populate the searchable supplier database and inform market intelligence.

Quantifiable outcome

• Vision for 2030: Region to become home to a thriving, comprehensive, internationally competitive offshore energy supply chain
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Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fife Council Economic Development Team (InvestFife)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Collaborated on the Forth & Tay Regional Showcase in Fife, bringing together businesses, industry leaders, academia and support organisations at the Fife Renewables Innovation Centre in Methil.
• Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) CatapultcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Participated in regional showcase events providing insights on supply chain opportunity, routes to market for SMEs, and workforce planning. Core partner for skills development and business support.
• Forth Green FreeportcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Key infrastructure partner featured in regional showcase events. One of the major port facilities in the Forth & Tay region supporting offshore wind operations.
• Heriot-Watt UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Academic partner participating in regional showcase events, supporting innovation and research collaboration in the offshore wind sector.
• Business Gateway FifeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 May 2026Business support organization participating in regional showcase events to connect SMEs with offshore wind opportunities.
• Innovate UK Business ConnectminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 May 2026Innovation support organization participating in events to connect businesses with funding and growth opportunities in offshore wind.
• Fife CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Further education partner participating in showcase events, supporting skills development and workforce training for the offshore wind sector.
• SGN (Scotland Gas Networks)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Partner showcasing H100 Fife hydrogen project at regional events, demonstrating links between offshore wind, hydrogen and low carbon innovation.
• Scottish GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Government partner supporting the Ireland-Scotland Offshore Wind Internship Pilot 2026, providing funding for up to 20 internships across offshore wind supply chain companies.
• University of EdinburghcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Partner in the £2.5 million PBIAA (Place Based Impact Accelerator Account) innovation programme, funded by UKRI EPSRC. Collaborates with Forth & Tay Offshore to address critical challenges in offshore wind technology and foster innovations.
• University of DundeecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Partner in the £2.5 million PBIAA innovation programme alongside University of Edinburgh and Forth & Tay Offshore, supporting collaborative projects and secondments to address real-world offshore wind challenges.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Scottish Renewables: Scotland's national renewable energy trade association representing developers and supply chain. Shares FTO's Scottish policy context and member base but operates as a wider industry voice rather than a regional cluster.
• SSE plc: Major UK energy developer and 49% Seagreen joint venture partner with active Scottish offshore wind portfolio (Seagreen, Berwick Bank, Dogger Bank). Represents the type of developer customer FTO's supplier directory is built to serve.
• RenewableUK: UK's largest renewable energy trade association representing wind, wave, and tidal developers and supply chain. Operates at national rather than regional level, providing a broader incumbent counterpart to FTO's regional cluster focus.

Direct peers

• North East Offshore Wind Cluster: Cluster organization supporting offshore wind supply chain in North East England (Teesside, Northumberland). Operates the same supplier-directory-plus-events model serving a competing UK coastal region with overlapping developer relationships.
• Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult: UK's leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy. Operates as a cluster/innovation support organization across offshore wind, wave, and tidal—directly comparable in function to Forth & Tay Offshore, and already listed as a core partner.
• Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG): Member-led cluster representing north-east Scotland's offshore wind, oil & gas, and hydrogen supply chain. Closest functional peer as another Scottish regional offshore wind cluster serving overlapping members and developers.
• East of England Energy Group (EEEGR): Trade association for the offshore energy sector in the East of England. Comparable cluster-style convening body linking supply chain companies to offshore wind and gas operators in a different UK region.

Others

• Crown Estate Scotland: Manages Scottish seabed leasing for offshore wind (ScotWind, INTOG). Not a cluster but the upstream gatekeeper whose leasing decisions directly shape FTO member opportunities.
• Innovate UK: UK innovation agency that connects businesses with funding and growth programmes. Listed as a FTO partner for events; not a cluster but a co-funder and ecosystem connector relevant to FTO's innovation agenda.

Regional players

• Wind Energy Ireland: National trade body for the Irish wind industry. Closely comparable convening role for offshore wind supply chain but primarily serves the Republic of Ireland market rather than Scotland.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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