Press release: Caitlin Long wins SR Young Professionals Green Energy Academic Award for EMEC
Caitlin Long, Consents and Project Officer at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, has won the coveted ‘Academic Award’ at the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals Green Energy Awards 2017 held in the Glasgow Science Centre [Thursday 25 May 2017]. Following in the footsteps of the hugely successful Scottish Green Energy Awards, this event Read More »
Press release: Scotrenewables clocks-up the power
Having reached the 2MW rated capacity of their SR2000 tidal turbine earlier in April, and setting a new tidal industry benchmark, Scotrenewables have now generated over 18MWh within a continuous 24hr testing period; a performance level which matches established offshore wind turbines. Speaking of the achievement, believed to be another tidal industry record, the CEO Read More »
Press release: Orkney marine energy firms promote islands at major industry event
Orkney’s marine energy sector have a strong presence at a major renewables industry event in Glasgow this week. All-Energy is the UK’s largest renewable energy conference and exhibition, bringing together buyers from the bioenergy, solar, offshore and onshore wind, hydropower and wave & tidal sectors, as well as those involved in energy storage, heat, low Read More »
Press release: InSTREAM turbulence kit deployed on EMEC monitoring pod
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has redeployed its bespoke Integrated Monitoring Pod, fitted with innovative turbulence instruments to help measure the impact of turbulence on tidal energy devices. Prior to deployment, the pod was fitted with a MicroRider turbulence system designed by Rockland Scientific, a Canadian company specialising in marine turbulence. The sensor system Read More »
Press release: WES & EMEC gather Orkney supply chain lessons learnt
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has released the findings from their project with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) which seeks to capture the wealth of knowledge and experience amassed in the Orkney supply chain from testing wave energy devices in real sea conditions. Results from the project will help wave energy converter (WEC) developers check Read More »
