A North Tyneside offshore specialist expects to double its workforce year-on-year following the launch of its latest product.
Kinewell Energy in North Shields, North Tyneside, was launched by Andrew Jenkins in 2015 when he was a PhD student at Newcastle University, getting support through the university’s Start Up programme. Since then, the electrical engineering consultancy has sought to create new jobs after becoming part of the North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) TIGGOR programme, led by the ORE Catapult and backed by offshore wind industry giants Equinor and EDF Renewables to find innovative new technologies.
The firm was one of five from the North East to share a £2m match-funded cash pot to develop its technologies, with Kinewell Energy focusing on its KLOC (Kinewell Layout Optimisation of Cable) software, which helps to optimise the inter-array layouts of offshore wind farms.
