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* Mae Crossflow Energy yn dylunio mastiau ffonau symudol sy’n arwain y byd, sy’n defnyddio pŵer o dyrbin gwynt arloesol, a allai fynd i’r afael ag ardaloedd lle nad oes signal a helpu i fynd i’r afael â’r newid yn yr hinsawdd.
* Bellach mae’r cwmni’n denu sylw darparwyr telathrebu o bob rhan o’r byd.
* Mae cwmnïau yng Nghymru yn dylunio ac yn masnacheiddio cynhyrchion newydd arloesol diolch i gymorth arloesi gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
* Mae’r Gweinidog wedi lansio ymgynghoriad ar strategaeth draws\-lywodraethol newydd i Gymru.


Diolch i gymorth gan Lywodraeth Cymru, mae cwmni yn Ne Cymru ar flaen y gad ar ôl datblygu mast ffonau symudol newydd sy’n defnyddio pŵer o dyrbin gwynt arloesol. Mae ganddo’r potensial i helpu i gyflawni targed sero net uchelgeisiol Cymru a chyflwyno cysylltedd telathrebu i fannau gwledig lle mae diffyg signal.


Hwn yw’r prosiect arloesol diweddaraf y mae cyllid o raglen SMART Llywodraeth Cymru, a ariannwyd gan yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, wedi’i gefnogi.


Mae prosiect Crossflow yn enghraifft berffaith o’r ffordd gyfannol mae’r cymorth hwn yn gweithio:


* gwnaeth arbenigwr arloesi o Lywodraeth Cymru feithrin perthynas un i un â’r cwmni. Gwnaethant gydweithio ar y cyd i lunio ceisiadau am grantiau gwerth bron £1 miliwn drwy rowndiau cyllido ymchwil a datblygu SMART Cymru amrywiol
* pan oedd angen i’r cwmni ymgymryd â chydweithredu academaidd penodol, cafodd ei gyflwyno i Brifysgol Abertawe
* pan oedd y dechnoleg yn barod i’w masnacheiddio, cyflwynodd Llywodraeth Cymru Crossflow i Vodaphone, sydd bellach yn dechrau cyflwyno’r dechnoleg
* gan ddechrau gydag arddangoswr yn Sir Benfro, mae Crossflow bellach eisiau darparu signalau ffôn symudol i gymunedau ledled Cymru gan ddefnyddio ynni cynaliadwy, glân, ac mae ganddo gynlluniau i werthu’r dechnoleg yn fyd\-eang


Yn ôl arolwg a gynhaliwyd o bron traean o’r 486 o gwmnïau a gefnogwyd gan SMART hyd at 2021, cafodd cyfanswm o 3,000 o swyddi newydd eu creu – tuag 19 o swyddi fesul busnes – gyda thwf cyfartalog mewn trosiant o £3\.8 miliwn fesul busnes. Mae’r ffigurau hyn yn tyfu o hyd wrth i’r effeithiau buddiol o ganlyniad i arloesi barhau o fewn busnesau.


Rhwng 2015 a 2020, gwnaeth buddsoddiad gwerth £73 miliwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru a’r UE mewn rhaglenni SMART ddenu £287 miliwn o’r sector preifat, gan gefnogi mwy na 1,450 o brosiectau ymchwil a datblygu newydd.


Dywedodd Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething:



> “Diolch i raglenni arloesi a ariannwyd gan yr UE, mae busnesau ledled Cymru wedi gallu datblygu eu syniadau newydd amlinellol a chyflwyno nwyddau a gwasanaethau newydd, arloesol a dynamig. Mae eu harloesi, gyda chefnogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru, yn helpu i greu miloedd o swyddi newydd mewn cymunedau ledled y wlad.
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> “Mae llawer o’r nwyddau a gwasanaethau hyn bellach yn cael eu defnyddio yn ein bywydau bob dydd, gan helpu i wella’r gymdeithas a hybu ein heconomi a’n ffyniant fel gwlad.
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> “Mae’r gwaith arloesol mae Crossflow ym Maglan yn ei wneud yn enghraifft wych o hyn. Mae eu cysyniad dylunio chwyldroadol ar gyfer mast ffonau symudol sy’n defnyddio ynni adnewyddadwy bellach yn destun sylw a diddordeb o bedwar ban byd.”


Ond mae’r ffaith bod cyllid yr UE wedi dod i ben yn golygu y bydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru fwlch gwerth £1\.1 biliwn yn ei chyllideb rhwng nawr a 2025, sy’n bygwth maint a chyrhaeddiad y cymorth hwn ar gyfer maes ymchwil a datblygu.


Yn sgil hyn, mae’r Gweinidog yn galw ar i Lywodraeth y DU gyflawni ei haddewid, ar fyrder, i gynyddu’r lefel o fuddsoddiad cyhoeddus ym maes ymchwil a datblygu y tu allan i dde\-ddwyrain Lloegr gan 40% o leiaf erbyn 2030, a sicrhau bod pob rhan o’r DU yn cyrraedd ei tharged buddsoddi o ran ymchwil a datblygu o 2\.4% o’r cynnyrch domestig gros erbyn 2027\.


Nid oes gan brifysgolion a busnesau yng Nghymru fynediad i gynlluniau eraill a ariennir gan yr UE ychwaith, megis rhaglen Horizon a Rhaglenni Cydweithredu Tiriogaethol Ewropeaidd, sy’n golygu bod llai o gyllid o lawer ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau arloesi. Yn ystod rownd olaf cyllid yr UE (2014–20\), cafodd mwy na £500 miliwn ei fuddsoddi ym maes ymchwil ac arloesi, gan gynnwys £69 miliwn ar gyfer y rhaglen SMART.


Gwnaeth busnesau yng Nghymru a gefnogwyd drwy raglenni SMART yn flaenorol ddenu buddsoddiad gwerth £9\.2 miliwn gan Horizon 2020, sef rhaglen ymchwil ac arloesi fwyaf blaenllaw yr UE, a’u galluogodd i gydweithio mewn prosiectau rhyngwladol a oedd ar flaen y gad.


Rhwng 2014 a 2020, sicrhaodd Cymru gyllid gwerth €150 miliwn o raglen Horizon 2020, a chymerodd ran mewn prosiectau gwerth mwy na €2 biliwn gyda mwy na 6,000 o bartneriaid ar draws ystod eang o bynciau, o safonau diogelwch rhyngwladol ar gyfer nanodechnoleg ar helmedi, i ddatblygu cynhyrchion o wastraff amaethyddol. 


Yn dilyn y DU yn gadael yr UE, mae’n ansicr a fydd Cymru’n cymryd rhan mewn rhaglenni dilynol.


Ychwanegodd y Gweinidog:



> “Rydyn ni eisiau gweld rhagor o gwmnïau o Gymru yn ffynnu drwy arloesi, ond mae cyllid yr UE wedi bod yn hanfodol bwysig o ran cefnogi prosiectau.
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> “I bob pwrpas, mae dull presennol Llywodraeth y DU yn cymryd £1\.1 biliwn o’r arian a fu yng nghyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru yn flaenorol, yn gwneud i gynghorau gystadlu am gyfran ohono, ac yn ei gyflwyno fel tystiolaeth o godi’r gwastad yng Nghymru. Nid codi’r gwastad mo hynny, ond gostwng y gwastad.
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> “Yr effaith uniongyrchol yw’r ffaith nad yw buddsoddiadau mawr mewn creu swyddi, cymorth busnes, ymchwil a datblygu, sgiliau a threchu tlodi bellach yn digwydd yng Nghymru, y byddent wedi digwydd fel arall.
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> “Rwy’n galw ar Lywodraeth y DU, unwaith eto, i adfer yr £1\.1 biliwn yng nghyllideb Cymru a pharchu datganoli. Rhaid i Weinidogion y DU weithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru i weithredu rhaglen gyllido newydd sy’n gweithio o blaid Cymru, nid yn ei herbyn.”


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi lansio ymgynghoriad ar ei Strategaeth Arloesi draws\-lywodraethol newydd i Gymru, sy’n nodi sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru, gan weithio gyda’i phartneriaid, yn anelu at ddatblygu diwylliant arloesi bywiog mewn Cymru sy’n gryfach, decach a gwyrddach. Gallwch ddweud eich dweud drwy fynd i Strategaeth arloesi i Gymru.







Translation:


 
* Crossflow Energy design world\-leading mobile telephone mast powered through a pioneering wind\-turbine, which could tackle mobile blackspots and help tackle climate change
* Firm now attracting attention from telecoms providers across the world
* Welsh firms design and commercialise innovative new products thanks to Welsh Government innovation support
* Minister launches consultation on a new cross\-government Innovation strategy for Wales.


An innovative new mobile telephone mast powered through a pioneering wind turbine, which has the potential to support Wales’ ambitious net zero target and bring telecoms connectivity to ‘not\-spots’ in rural areas has been developed by a south Wales\-based company, thanks to support from the Welsh Government.


The project is just the latest innovation resulting from support from the Welsh Government’s European Union (EU)\-funded SMART programme.


The Crossflow project is a textbook illustration of the holistic way this support works:


* a Welsh Government innovation specialist formed a long\-term, one\-to\-one relationship with the company. They worked together to assemble bids for nearly £1 million of grants through various SMART Cymru research and development (R\&D) rounds
* when the company needed specific academic collaboration, it was introduced to Swansea University
* when the technology was ready for commercialisation, the Welsh Government introduced Crossflow to Vodaphone, who are now beginning to roll\-out the technology
* starting with a demonstrator in Pembrokeshire, Crossflow now wants to provide communities across Wales with mobile phone signals powered by sustainable, clean energy, and has plans to sell the technology world\-wide


A survey of nearly a third of the 486 companies supported by SMART up to 2021 found a total of 3,000 new jobs were created – around 19 jobs per business – with an average turnover growth of £3\.8 million per business. These figures continue to grow as the beneficial effects of innovation endure within businesses.


Between 2015 and 2020, a £73 million investment by the Welsh Government and EU in SMART programmes leveraged £287 million from the private sector, supporting over 1,450 new R\&D projects.


Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, said:



> “Thanks to EU\-funded innovation programmes, business across Wales have been able to take new ideas from the drawing board and bring to life new, innovative, and dynamic products and services. Their innovation, backed by the Welsh Government, is helping to create thousands of new jobs in communities across the country.
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> “Many of these products and services are now being used in our day\-to\-day lives, helping to improve society for the better while boosting our economy and our prosperity as a nation.
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> “A great example of this is the innovative work being undertaken by Baglan\-based Crossflow. Their revolutionary design concept for a mobile telephone mast powered by renewable energy is now subject to world\-wide attention and interest.”


But the ending of EU funding leaves the Welsh Government with a £1\.1 billion hole in its budget between now and 2025, which threatens the scale and reach of this R\&D support.


In the light of this, the Minister is calling on the UK Government to urgently honour its promise to increase the level of public investment in R\&D outside the south east of England by at least 40% by 2030, and to ensure all parts of the UK reach its R\&D investment target of 2\.4% of GDP by 2027\.


Welsh universities and businesses are also being denied access to other EU funding programmes like Horizon and European Territorial Co\-operation programmes, which means significantly less funding for innovation projects. During the last round of EU funding (2014 to 2020\), over £500 million was invested in Research and Innovation, including £68 million for the SMART programme.


Welsh businesses previously supported through SMART attracted £9\.2 million of investment from Horizon 2020, the EU’s flagship Research and Innovation programme, which enabled them to collaborate in ground\-breaking international projects.


In 2014 to 2020, Wales secured €150 million in Horizon 2020 funds, took part in over €2 billion worth of projects with over 6,000 partners across a wide range of subjects, from international safety standards for nanotechnology on helmets, to developing products from agricultural waste. 


With the UK’s exit from the EU, Wales’ engagement in successor programmes is now in doubt.


The Minister added:



> “We want to see more Welsh companies thrive through innovation, but EU funding has been crucial in supporting projects.
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> “The current UK Government approach effectively takes more than £1\.1 billion of money that was previously in the Welsh Government budget, makes councils compete for a fraction of it, and presents it as evidence of levelling\-up in Wales. That is not levelling up, it is levelling down.
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> “The direct impact is that major investments in job creation, business support, R\&D, skills and tackling poverty are now not taking place in Wales that otherwise would have.
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> “I am again calling on the UK Government to restore the missing £1\.1 billion in Wales’ budget and to respect devolution. UK Ministers must work with the Welsh Government to implement a replacement funding programme that works for Wales, not against Wales.”


The Welsh Government is today launching a consultation on its new cross\-government innovation strategy for Wales, which sets out how the Welsh Government, working with its partners, aims to develop a vibrant innovation culture in a stronger, fairer, greener Wales. Have your say by visiting: Innovation strategy for Wales