| 2001 | Recommendation by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee |
| 2003 | EMEC established |
| 2004 | Wave test site at Billia Croo opened |
| EMEC initiated development of industry standards |
| Pelamis 750 became world’s first floating wave energy device to generate electricity to the national grid
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| 2005 | AW Energy undertook mechanical testing in the shallower waters at the wave test site |
| UKAS accreditation obtained |
| 2006 | Tidal test site opened |
| 2008 | Open Hydro became the first tidal turbine to generate electricity to the grid in the UK |
| 2009 | Aquamarine Power launched their near shore ‘Oyster’ device, which was the world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device |
| 2010 | Wave and tidal test sites expanded, three new cables installed and bespoke cable-end terminations fitted to existing cables |
| E.ON deployed the first Pelamis P2 second generation device |
| Tidal Generation Ltd began generating to the grid from their 500kW tidal turbine |
| Atlantis Resources Corporation installed the AK-1000 tidal turbine, subsequently AR-1000 |
| 2011 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Bluewater Energy Services signed contracts to test at EMEC’s tidal test site |
| Wave and tidal nursery test sites opened |
| Flumill were the first developer to deploy at the nursery tidal test site |
| Aquamarine Power installed their second generation Oyster 800 device |
| Voith installed the monopile foundation for their 1MW tidal energy converter |
| ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest installed their HS1000 tidal energy converter |
| Scotrenewables deployed their SR250 device at the tidal test site |
| EMEC signed strategic agreement with Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), Canada |
| EMEC signed contract with Ocean University of China (OUC) to develop a wave test centre in the Shandong Province |
| 2012 | EMEC signed MOU with the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ) |
| Wello Oy deployed their Penguin device |
| Vattenfall signed a contract to test at EMEC’s wave test site |
| Nottingham University deployed its Energy Bag at the nursery wave test site |
| ScottishPower Renewables deployed its Pelamis P2 device on adjacent berth to E.ON |
| Seatricity began installation of their 'Oceanus' wave energy converter from their manufacturing base in Stromness |
| Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) began work to replace its 500kW device with 1MW 'DeepGen' tidal turbine |
| Eleven utility scale wave and tidal technologies at varying stages of deployment and testing, with 3 more being designed and built |
| EMEC began exploring options for further expansion to accomodate more full-scale wave and tidal testing |
