Press release: HyFlyer project achieves world-first hydrogen-electric flight
The HyFlyer project has passed a significant milestone after the successful completion of a hydrogen-electric test flight; the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered flight involving a commercial-sized aircraft. The flight took place yesterday [Thursday 24 September] at ZeroAvia’s R&D facility in Cranfield with the six-seater Piper M-class plane completing taxi, take-off, a full pattern Read More »
Press release: Microsoft share findings following data centre trials at EMEC
Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea urchins from the seafloor of the European Marine Energy Centre’s Billia Croo test site, located off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The retrieval launched the final phase of a years-long effort that proved the concept of underwater datacenters is feasible, as Read More »
Blog: Orkney energy revolution key to green recovery
As a proud member of Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF), we’ve been working in partnership with Orkney.com over the last few weeks to bring you this video highlighting Orkney’s renewable energy expertise. The video features some of the pioneering initiatives taking place in Orkney to decarbonise and build a greener, more sustainable, future for the Read More »
Press release: Two weeks left to apply for Ocean DEMO
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project closes on Friday 18 September 2020, at 17:00 UTC. Funded by Interreg North-West Europe, Ocean DEMO is a €13m project aiming to accelerate ocean energy’s transition from single prototype to multi-device farms. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments Read More »
Press release: MaRINET2 opens 5th call for free access to offshore testing at EMEC
The fifth and final call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project opens today, Tuesday 1 September. 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 full system, subsystem, component or Read More »
