Press release: HySpirits to investigate hydrogen to decarbonise the distilling process
The HySpirits project has been awarded £148,600 of funding from the Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to conduct a feasibility study into the development of technology to enable The Orkney Distillery to use hydrogen as a fuel to decarbonise the distilling process. The project aims to investigate the development of a Read More »
Press release: Ocean energy reliability workshop at EWTEC 2019
International research projects RiaSoR2 and MONITOR, which are designed to improve the reliability of wave and tidal energy converters, have joined forces to organise an ocean energy reliability workshop to be held alongside the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), in Italy. The OCEANERA-NET and Interreg Atlantic Area funded projects are collaborating to share learnings Read More »
Press Release: MaRINET2 opens 4th call for free access to EMEC test sites
The fourth call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project opens today, 15th August 2019. The project offers free access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures, including EMEC’s test sites. The call is open to offshore energy technology developers, including offshore wind, wave and tidal energy at system and component level. A webinar to Read More »
Press release: Orbital O2 to be built by TEXO Group in Dundee
Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital) have awarded the main manufacturing contract for the company’s first commercial O2 tidal turbine to Scottish based TEXO Group who will carry out the work at their quayside facilities in Dundee. The multi-million-pound contract marks the start of major construction for the company’s new tidal turbine, the O2, which builds Read More »
Press Release: RESOURCECODE to develop marine data toolbox for energy sector
A new project, funded by Ocean Energy Era-Net Cofund, has been launched to support investment and growth in the wave and tidal energy sector through the creation of an integrated marine data toolbox. The RESOURCECODE project brings together the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Ifremer, Ocean Data Lab, SmartBay Ireland, Centrale Nantes, University College Dublin, Read More »
Press Release: Take Part in the Orkney Energy Survey
Look out for your energy survey – and the chance to win a cash prize An Orkney-wide energy efficiency survey will drop though letter boxes over the weeks ahead. Starting this week, the survey is being sent to homes across the county. Luke Fraser, from Orkney Islands Council’s Education, Leisure and Housing service, said: “We Read More »
Press release: ITEG project progress – Orbital contract FAUN Trackway for anchor fabrication of O2 turbine
Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), have selected FAUN Trackway® to manufacture the anchors for their new O2 tidal turbine at FAUN Trackway®’s facilities in Llangefni, North Wales as part of the ITEG (Integrating Tidal Energy into the European Grid) project funded by Interreg NWE. As pace gathers around the manufacture of the O2 turbine, FAUN Read More »
