Following the successful presentation of the offshore wind industry’s premier supply chain workshop, Foundation 2 Blade, seCTer Executive Director Paul Whitescarver authored an op-ed reinforcing the opportunities presented by the industry.
The op-ed was published by The Day, under the headline ‘A new American industry set to launch from Port of New London.’
The piece describes the realities of the industry, acknowledging that early projects will be largely supplied by European factories, but stressing that enormous opportunities are available across a broad spectrum of businesses. Precision manufacturing will be needed as well as administrative support, skilled construction workers, engineers, operations technicians, and maintenance workers.
As was pointed out at the Foundation 2 Blade event, a US workforce will be required to fill all of these requirements because European demand for offshore wind remains strong and faces similar workforce challenges as US employers are facing.
Revolution Wind, Connecticut DECD partner to bring 3-day offshore wind energy supply chain training to businesses.
The Business Network for Offshore Wind provides industry-leading offshore wind training. seCTer has been working to bring this workshop to the region and December, 13-15 at the Mystic Hilton, businesses and stakeholders can learn more about this oncoming industry.
seCTer’s Offshore Wind Cluster Development:
Today, October 24th, 2022, Governor Ned Lamont announced the Connecticut Small Business Support Program.
seCTer is proudly one of the participating organizations to help businesses access resources to start and grow. To find out more, or express interest in the program, complete this form: https://www.secter.org/resources/small-business-development-entrepreneurship/.
In the coming weeks, details about eligibility and program guidelines will be released.
Economic Development in Southeastern CT & Offshore Wind
seCTer’s Executive Director, Paul Whitescarver, chats with Lee Elci about seCTer’s role in the region and the significance of the oncoming offshore wind industry. Download the interview here.
seCTer is seeking solicitations.
More details are here: RFP – Resilience Study, CEDS Online, and Regional Prospectus – seCTer
seCTer is seeking solicitations.
Please use the simplified RFP form to submit your proposal. Questions can be sent to: R.T. Hamilton Brown, Regional Economic Competitiveness Officer, rtbrown@secter.org.
On July 25th, 2022, Governor Ned Lamont announced the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund. “The program is aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits, particularly those in low-income and historically underserved communities, with access to flexible working capital. The loans have a fixed, 4.5% interest rate and are available to eligible small businesses and nonprofits with operations in Connecticut that have 100 or fewer full-time employees and annual revenues of less than $8 million.”
seCTer is proudly one of the lenders for the program. Learn more here.