The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has strengthened its profile in electrical infrastructure by forming an alliance with two of the country’s leading universities in the field.

The government-industry body and the universities of Manchester and Strathclyde will together form the Electrical Infrastructure Research Hub (EIRH).

The new alliance will aim to help “future proof” key elements of the UK’s electrical infrastructure needed to support the ambitions of its wind, wave and tidal industries.