The GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks (the Fund) launched on 11 December 2025. 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 11 December 2025 and will close 10 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.
This page outlines key details on the Fund, including how to apply for funding. As part of the full Application, applicants are required to complete the jobs template to show the employment impacts the applicant expects the project to generate. For instructions on how to complete this template, see the Guidance.