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Press release: Orbital O2 exports clean power at EMEC

Orbital Marine Power’s O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, has commenced grid connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The innovative, floating turbine is anchored in the Fall of Warness where a subsea cable connects the 2MW offshore unit to the local onshore electricity network. This marks a key Read More »


Press release: Franco-Scottish research to drive floating wind and hydrogen in Europe

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and partners have delivered a report outlining a series of recommendations for the Scottish Government to facilitate research collaborations between Scottish and French organisations working in floating wind and hydrogen. Published by The Scottish Government today, the report produced by EMEC in partnership with French engineering firm INNOSEA and Read More »


Press release: EMEC prepare for summer acoustic monitoring programme

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has designed a programme of acoustic surveys to determine the potential impact that marine renewable developments may have on local species and habitats. This summer, EMEC will deploy a series of acoustic surveys designed to monitor noise levels of marine energy technologies at its ocean energy test sites in Read More »


Consultation: Orbital decommissioning programme

Orbital Marine Power is undertaking a project to install a second 2 MW floating tidal turbine, Orbital O2.2, at EMEC’s Fall of Warness, Orkney, in 2023. Orbital Marine Power have requested consent from the regulator, Marine Scotland, to deploy and test the O2.2. As part of the consenting process, a Decommissioning Programme must be produced Read More »


Press release: MPs visit EMEC to see evidence of marine energy in action

Members of the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee visited Orkney on Monday 28 June 2021 to visit the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and gather further evidence on renewable energy in Scotland. A report on their findings will make recommendations to UK Government this summer ahead of November’s COP26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow. Read More »


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