CGEN Engineering has been successful in securing Innovate UK funding through the Future Offshore Wind Technologies: Feasibility Studies competition for its new project, RE:MAG Offshore: Recovered magnet reuse for improved offshore wind economics and maintainability.

The 12-month project, led by CGEN in partnership with the University of Warwick and supported by specialist input from NMIS and Cairn Risk, will investigate how recovered permanent magnets can be reused within offshore wind generator systems.

The work will assess routes for inspecting, grading, recoating, remagnetising and reusing recovered magnets, alongside generator design, manufacturing, maintainability, safety and lifecycle economics.

For CGEN, the project builds directly on its work in modular generator technology, offshore wind life extension and maintainability, while exploring how greater reuse of critical materials could support a more resilient and circular UK offshore wind supply chain.

The project has commenced and will run though to 30 September 2027.

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