Press Release: Orkney’s Sustainable Energy Strategy unveiled
A Sustainable Energy Strategy for Orkney was launched as part of the official opening of the world leading Surf ‘n’ Turf project. The strategy has been developed in partnership by, among others, Orkney Islands Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Community Energy Scotland (CES) and the Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF), on behalf Read More »
Press Release: Surf n Turf hydrogen fuel cell unveiled in Orkney
The pioneering Surf ‘n’ Turf hydrogen community energy project has been launched in Orkney by the Scottish Government’s Business, Innovation & Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse. Mr Wheelhouse, one of 70 guests travelling from as far as Malta and Spain, officially unveiled the newly installed hydrogen fuel cell at Kirkwall Pier on Wednesday 27th September 2017. Read More »
Press release: World’s first tidal-powered hydrogen generated at EMEC
EMEC has generated green hydrogen gas demonstrating potential for a clean replacement for polluting fuels The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has produced hydrogen gas using electricity generated from tidal energy in Orkney. This is the first time that hydrogen has been created from tidal energy anywhere in the world. The first tidal-powered hydrogen was Read More »
Press release: Scotrenewables powers Orkney grid
SR2000 floating tidal turbine produces 116MWh in less than a week of continuous generation: around 7% of Orkney’s electricity demand in that period Scotrenewables Tidal Power has achieved further impressive outputs from ongoing testing of its 2MW floating tidal generator, the SR2000, at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The SR2000 produced more than 116 Read More »
Press Release: Laminaria raises €2 million for wave energy development
Ostend, Belgium – Laminaria, an innovative company in the field of wave energy generation, has raised €2M from new investors, QBIC II and PMV, and existing investor CEIP. The funding will support Laminaria to further develop its wave energy generation technology and initiate a full-scale demonstration project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Read More »
