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In the latest series of one-to-one interviews with some of industry’s leading voices, The Engineer sat down with Marc Funnell, Head of Digital at the National Composites Centre, to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities around digitalisation, and the collaborative learnings from the Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) programme.

The wind industry is aiming for Net Zero in 2050. The UK alone is targeting 50 GW of offshore wind by 2030, from ~10 GW today which will require a huge increase in resource usage. Jonathan Fuller, Research Engineer for Energy at the NCC explores where circularity fits into the drive for emissions reduction and increased installed capacity.

To gain competitive advantage in a global marketplace, it is crucial for companies to digitalise processes to reduce product development timelines and maintain engineering leadership. Camilla Osmiani, Advanced Research Engineer at the NCC, talks about Multi-Disciplinary Optimisation, the benefits it offers, and its application as a proof-of-concept to a hydrogen pressure vessel, as part of the NCC-led Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) and Hydrogen programmes.