Equinor and BP have announced the launch of a 
New York-based Offshore Wind Innovation Hub aimed at facilitating partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological solutions to the rapidly growing U.S. offshore wind industry. The initiative springs from a new three-year partnership between Equinor, the Urban Future Lab (UFL) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering (https://engineering.nyu.edu/), and the National Offshore Wind R&DConsortium (NOWRDC), supported by New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).
The new Innovation Hub will build on the success of the Urban Future Lab in promoting and helping the launch of clean tech start-ups, fostering collaboration with the international incubator community to cultivate pilots and demonstration projects that accelerate advances in offshore wind. Equinor, together with its partner BP, launched the New York-based Offshore Wind Innovation Hub that will facilitate partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological
solutions to the rapidly growing US offshore wind industry.
The new Innovation Hub will leverage the success of the Urban Future Lab in promoting and helping the launch of cleantech start-ups, fostering collaboration with the international incubator community to cultivate pilots and demonstration projects that accelerate advances in offshore wind.
The Innovation Hub will create a physical location for offshore wind programming and serve as a center for the industry’s innovation ecosystem. The Hub will host educational programming, workshops and curricula for the startups, as well as networking opportunities with industry participants. It will be located adjacent to Equinor and bp’s new project office in Sunset Park.
The Offshore Wind Consortium is a nationally focused, not-for-profit organization collaborating with industry on prioritized R&D activities to reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of offshore wind in the U.S. while maximizing other economic and social benefits.
