NorwegianOWPandPVreport

Results

In the following, we present results from the survey starting with a description of the respondents.

5.1

Firm characteristics

A vast majority of the firms in the survey have had a minimum of one delivery to the OWP or PV

markets. Figure 5-1 shows that nearly all of the PV firms and about 80 per cent of the OWP firms

responded that they have delivered products or services to the offshore wind and PV industries. The

respondents that had not yet delivered products or services to the OWP or PV markets had ambitions

of doing so.

Figure 5-1 Number of OWP and PV firms that have delivered products or services to the offshore wind or PV markets

However, as figure 5-2 shows, a large share of the firms only had minor activities in OWP and PV in

2014. Many firms dedicate less than one full-time equivalent (FTEs) to OWP and PV and nearly two-

thirds invested less than 5 FTEs in OWP and PV in 2014. Moreover, more than half the OWP firms

report that offshore wind represents less than five per cent of their total revenue. Thus, it is clear that

to the majority of firms, OWP and PV is a supplement to other activities. At the same time, more than

one-third of the firms dedicate 5 or more FTEs to OWP and PV. In this report, we consider this group

to have made

significant investments

in OWP and PV. Finally, we can also see that PV represents a

larger share of the PV firms’ total turnover, which suggests a higher degree of specialisation, as will be

discussed below in sectio

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OWP

Number of firms

Ambitions to deliver

Have delivered