Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, the UK’s leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, has officially opened a £2m ($2.6m) joint UK-China offshore wind R&D facility in Yantai City, Shandong province.

The TUS-ORE Catapult Research Centre (TORC) will bring important benefits to both countries.

China’s rapidly-growing offshore wind market — predicted to become the world’s largest by 2030 — is opening up a whole new wave of opportunities for UK businesses to engage and compete on a global scale.