Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks
Important Notice: Pre-Launch Information
This page provides advance information on the Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks. The Fund is not yet open for applications. Ahead of the official launch, we are sharing answers to key questions and provisional details to help potential applicants prepare.
The GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks will award up to £300 million of grant funding to build UK manufacturing capacity for key constrained components in Offshore Wind and enabling Networks sectors. It is expected that this investment will directly and indirectly mobilise billions in additional private investment and support thousands of jobs in the UK’s industrial heartlands.
This fund will support the building of new or existing critical component manufacturing facilities in the UK. The grant fund was announced by the Prime Minister in April 2025 with a commitment to launch an application window in December 2025. Delivery is expected to run until March 2030.
As part of the government’s modern Industrial Strategy, and in addition to the £300 million announced in April, Great British Energy will invest a further £700 million in clean energy supply chains. This will ensure that the clean energy revolution is built in Britain, bringing GBE’s total contribution to up to £1 billion.
We will update this page with further information on the Fund and how to apply soon.
You can see Frequently Asked Questions below.
Please note that all information below is provisional and dependent on further scheme development and final approvals processes. We will update this page with confirmed guidance and application details as soon as they become available.
Please treat all information as unconfirmed until further guidance is published.
Questions and Answers
What is the funding for?
- The GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks 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 has a list of eligible Critical Components for the offshore wind and related electricity network sectors. Projects that manufacture components on that list will be eligible for grant funding via the Fund.
- The grant funding must be used to construct new or extend existing manufacturing facilities in the UK. The funded activities must take place in the UK.
When will the £300m funding be available?
- The application window will be open for an initial 12-month period or until the fund’s budget is fully allocated, whichever is earlier. Funding must be drawn down by successful projects during the delivery period of April 2026 to March 2030.
- Grant payments will only be made in arrears and only after a claim has been submitted by the project of defrayed expenditure against agreed eligible costs and deliverables, which has been verified by GBE.
What are the objectives of the fund?
- 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.
How does an organisation apply for funding?
- Applications will be submitted via an online application portal, which we expect will go live in December 2025.
- There will be three submission stages via the portal (Eligibility, Readiness Review and Full Application) with a separate application form for each stage, followed by a Portfolio-Based Review stage (no submission required). If an applicant is successful at each of these 4 stages, they will progress to due diligence and, subject to that process, a grant funding decision and award.
Which components and associated costs will be eligible?
- It is anticipated that the list of eligible components will include: mooring and anchoring, blades, nacelles, towers, monopiles, transition pieces, HVDC cables, HVAC cables (incl. Dynamic), power transformers (AC and DC), HVDC converter stations, switchgear, reactive power management and control systems.
- GBE will regularly review the criticality of components to ensure the list remains an accurate representation of the most critically constrained offshore wind and electricity networks supply chains in the UK.
- Eligible Costs must be capital expenditure (CapEx) directly related to the Project with a limited scope including: buildings, production equipment and machinery; any associated infrastructure that facilitates delivery and is linked to the specific product being manufactured; and/or research and development costs associated with the manufacturing facility (provided that the grant must also be for construction of those relevant facilities). Eligible Costs should be able to be capitalised in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
- Eligible Costs do not include: Operating expenditure (OpEx), costs related to land purchase or property transactions, associated service and maintenance agreements, embedded warranty costs, interest costs.
Will funding be restricted to a certain area of the UK?
- All areas of the UK will be eligible for funding, subject to Windsor Framework considerations.
- Through the funding assessment criteria, we will look to encourage alignment with the regional industrial strengths identified in the government’s Industrial Strategy and where there is a strategic importance to the UK energy ecosystem.
What is the ticket size for funding?
- There is no minimum or maximum restriction on the size of the investment. The amount of grant requested must represent the minimum necessary for the project to proceed. Projects will be assessed on whether they represent good value for money and GBE expects applicants to consider this when applying for funding.
Will funding be granted equally each year, or is there flexibility in the spending profile?
- There is flexibility in the spend profile, which will be based on the achievement of key project and construction milestones. Grant payments under the Grant Funding Agreement will only be made in arrears and only after a claim has been submitted by the project of defrayed expenditure against agreed eligible costs and deliverables, which has been verified by GBE.
Can we apply retrospectively for monies already committed or spent?
- The Fund is designed to support projects that enable additional impact that would not otherwise occur without grant funding. Projects that are already viable without grant support, or that would proceed at the same scale and timings in the UK regardless of funding, fall outside the scope of this Fund.
Can we mix funding with older or pre-existing funds (e.g., public funds already committed)?
- Applicants can apply if they have received other public funding, but must disclose all sources of public funding and any subsidy control analysis will take into account not just any proposed grant funding arising from the Fund but all public monies and funding provided to or proposed to be provided to an applicant.
- Project financing criteria within the application process includes the readiness condition that all project funding has been satisfactorily planned (excluding the grant amount), with a clear supporting rationale provided for all expected sources of private and public funding, including detail of any other grant/concessional finance support they are in discussions about, or expect to receive, clearly distinguishing between private and public finance/HMG sources.
How will the assessment process work?
- Full detail of the assessment process including timings will be provided in the Guidance document.