Events calendar
May – September 2019
EMEC is exhibiting at All-Energy on the 15th & 16th May 2019, at the SEC, Glasgow. You will find us on Stand ORK12 in the Orkney and Highlands & Islands Enterprise pavilions.
Arrange a meeting with us:
Please pop past EMEC’s stand for a chat, or arrange a meeting with our Business Development Team:
- Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
- Matthew Finn, Commercail Managaer
- Eileen Linklater, External Relationship Manager
If you would like to organise a meeting, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44(0)1856 852060.
Exhibition
EMEC are gearing up for another exciting exhibition at All-Energy 2019. You will find us on stand ORK12 within the Orkney and Highlands and Islands Enterprise pavilion.
This year we are showcasing the vast activity taking place at EMEC to decarbonise our energy system, particularly highlighting the key technology areas we’re now working in; wave energy, tidal energy, floating offshore wind, hydrogen and energy systems.
Speaking at All-Energy
The All-Energy programme contains an abundance of enthralling talks embracing all forms of renewable energy, so there will be something for everyone. Our top picks include:
Day 1 | 15th May 2019
1400 – 1530 | Energy Systems 2: Energy transition in practice
- EMEC’s Managing Director, Neil Kermode will be talking about the newly launched ReFLEX project which will demonstrate the energy system of the future in Orkney.
1400 – 1530 | Marine Renewable Energy 2 – Managed Global Collaboration
- Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director, EMEC will be speaking on the ‘important role of test centres in global collaboration.’
1500 – 1515 | Community & Local Energy – Show Floor Seminar Theatre
- EMEC’s Project Manager, Richard Ainsworth will be giving a presentation case study on the HyDIME project and how it is integrating hydrogen into the marine environment
1600 – 1730 | Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
- Jon Clipsham, Hydrogen Manager, will be speaking on EMEC’s involvement in offshore hydrogen production.
Day 2 | 16th May 2019
1400 – 1415 | Energy Storage & Hydrogen Hub – Show Floor Seminar Theatre
- Chris Ward, Project Manager at EMEC for the Interreg ITEG project, will be presenting on ‘Integrating Tidal Energy into the European Grid.’
1400 – 1530 |Offshore Wind 5: Floating offshore wind 2 – The Next Steps Forward
- Oliver Wragg, EMEC’s Commercial Director, will be speaking about a new multi-million euro project which will see a full-scale floating wind turbine deployed for testing off the west coast of Ireland.
EMEC Speed Updates
This year EMEC are delighted to host two quick fire speed update sessions bringing together leading players in ocean energy and hydrogen industries.
Hydrogen updates from EMEC & friends | 15 May 2019 | 1230 – 1350
This session will take place from 1230 in the Energy Storage and Hydrogen Hub within the exhibition area.
Schedule:
Chair | Caron Oag, Hydrogen Marketing Officer, EMEC
- EMEC’s hydrogen story so far
Kim Hamilton, Hydrogen Development Officer, EMEC - Challenges of integrating hydrogen into the energy system
Bill Ireland, Chief Executive Office, Logan Energy - Decarbonising Scottish ferries (part 1): Integrating hydrogen into diesel powered ferries
David Stewart, Engineering Director, and Ross Sloan, Engineer, HSSMI
- Decarbonising Scottish ferries (part 2): Hydrogen powered ferries
Chris Dunn, Chief Naval Architect, Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd. - Hydrogen combustion engines
Paul Andrews, CEO and Founder, OakTec
- Hydrogen and synthetic fuels
Dr Juan Maria Gonzalez Carballo, Drochaid Research Services
- Innovation in hydrogen technologies
Amer Gaffar, Director, Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre
- Responsive Flexibility: Hydrogen as part of a virtual energy system
Professor Edward Owens, Professor of Sustainable Energy, Heriot Watt University
- Hydrogen for combined heat and power
Douglas Spalding, Head of Product Planning and Marketing, Doosan Babcock
- Hydrogen as part of localised energy systems
Mark McKean, Development Manager, Crown Estates Scotland
- Making use of hydrogen by-products: Oxygen
Scott Bryant, Sector Manager – Energy Infrastructure, Zero Waste Scotland
- Mapping out the future of hydrogen
Jon Clipsham, Hydrogen Manager, The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Innovate, Collaborate, Generate: Ocean energy updates from EMEC & friends | 16 May 2019 | 1230 – 1400
This session will take place from 1230 in the Wave & Tidal Quick Fire Show Floor Seminar Theatre within the exhibition area.
Schedule:
Chair | Erica Mathers, Marketing Officer, EMEC
- EMEC in 2019: From ocean energy to energy systems
Lisa MacKenzie, Marketing & Communications Manager, EMEC - Wave energy demonstration at Billia Croo
Rodrigo Prodohl, Data Analyst, Wello - Proving performance at scale – wave energy demonstration at Scapa Flow
Pierre Lourdais, Lead Systems Engineer, CorPower - Supporting ocean energy demonstration: From small scale demonstration to arrays
Matthew Finn, Commercial Manager, EMEC - Wave energy: Reliability in a Sea of Risk
Charlotte Strang-Moran, Graduate Engineer, ORE Catapult - Reliability and tidal energy
Erwann Nicolas, Innovation Manager, Sabella - Grid-connected power performance – from FORESEA to FloTEC at EMEC
James Murray, Business Development Manager, Orbital Marine Power - Installation and moorings for tidal energy
John Macleod, Commercial Manager, Leask Marine - Lessons learnt: Decommissioning a piled tidal energy foundation
Andy Shanks, Marine Operations Specialist, EMEC
- Ocean energy standars development
Winston D’Souza, Technology Qualification & Offshore Type Approval Lead, Lloyd’s Register - Mocean – stage 3 novel wave energy converter
Chris Retzler, Technical Director, Mocean Energy - AWS Ocean - Archimedes Waveswing
Simon Grey, Director, AWS Ocean
Looking forward to seeing you at All-Energy 2019
EMEC are attending the European Maritime Day on the 16 & 17 May 2019, at the Lisbon Congress Centre, Portugal.
Attending EMD:
- Caitlin Long, Environment & Consents Specialist
If you would like to organise a meeting, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44(0)1856 852060.
Not to be missed:
Blue energy: Powering Europe’s coastal communities workshop | Thursday 16 May | 1415 – 1545
Ocean Energy Europe, in coordination with EMEC and the French Région Occitanie, will host a session on ‘Blue energy: Powering Europe’s coastal communities’. Participants will learn about the latest offshore renewable energy developments along Europe’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, with a particular focus on the regional economic and environmental impacts. The session will encourage an exchange of views on the relationship between maritime communities and wave, tidal and floating wind projects.
For more information, and how to register, click here: European Maritime Day 2019
James Ferguson, Energy Systems Development Officer at EMEC will be attending the World Hydrogen Technologies Convention (WHTC) in Tokyo, Japan on the 2 – 7 June 2019.
WHTC is one of the most prestigious conference focusing on hydrogen energy technologies. While the world is trying to advance towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), hydrogen energy society is being realized to be one of its powerful ways. This international conference will bring scientists, researchers, students, industrialists, bureaucrats to be gathered at one place and exchange their ideas towards sustainability.
Not to be missed:
James will be presenting two poster presentations on Monday 3 June on ‘Four Electrolyser Models to Suit All Uses, from Policy Planning to Site Assessment and Design Improvement’ and ‘Beating Curtailment: Hydrogen Production from Multiple Electricity Sources to Maximise Renewable Generation in the Orkney Islands’
If you would like to organise a meeting, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44(0)1856 852060.
For more information and to register, click here: WHTC 2019
EMEC, Managing Director, Neil Kermode will be presenting at Fully Charged Live, in Silverstone on Sunday 9th June 2019.
More details on Neil’s presentation to follow shortly.
For more information on the event, click here: Fully Charged Live 2019
EMEC will be attending the Wave Energy Club ‘Pubinar’ in Edinburgh on 12 June.
What is the Wave Energy Club? The Wave Energy Club (WEC) is an organisation that brings together those interested in ocean wave energy in an informal, accessible, and social setting. The purpose of the club is to share ideas and build networks in the field of wave energy. They believe that creating a social club is the best way to develop relationships and trust needed for sharing ideas.
Not to be missed:
Neil Kermode, EMEC Managing Director, will be giving a presentation. More details to follow soon.
Interested in attending?
The Wave Energy Club is open to anyone interested in wave energy, and are welcoming anyone interested in learning more about the industry or who would like to get involved.
Visit the Wave Energy Club Website: waveenergyclub.org
The Policy Conference of EUSEW 2019 will take place from 18 to 20 June 2019.
The Policy Conference is the biggest European conference dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. Sessions organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders focus on sustainable energy issues, debate new policy developments, best practices and sustainable energy ideas. Next to the conference, the Networking Village brings the EUSEW Community together to forge alliances whilst the EUSEW Awards celebrate outstanding projects and ideas.
Attending EUSEW 2019:
- Nicolas Wallet, Programme Manager
If you would like to organise a meeting, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44(0)1856 852060.
For more information on EUSEW, click here: EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019
Jon Clipsham, Hydrogen Manager at EMEC, will be speaking at the Energy Ireland Conference in Dublin on the 21st June.
If you would like to organise a meeting, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44(0)1856 852060.
Not to be missed:
Day 2 | Session 1: Dimensions of Ireland’s Energy Transition | Friday 21st June | 0900 – 1045
Jon Clipsham with will presenting on ‘Hydrogen Islands: Orkney’s energy system’ to explain how the innovation and learning in establishing a hydrogen economy in Orkney could be replicated within other areas.
For more information on the conference, click here: Energy Ireland
Orgnaised by Heriot-Watt University in colloration with Energy Technology Partnership, the Decarbonising Marine Energy Systems event is about understanding how we use new technologies, new industrial opportunities and new business models to deliver a low carbon, Blue Economy.
Attending:
- Jonathan Lindsay, Operations Director
If you would like to organise a meeting, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44(0)1856 852060.
This free to attend event takes place on Monday 22nd July at ECCI Edinburgh from 1500 – 1900 (BST).
For more information and to register, click here: Decarbonising Marine Energy Systems
As part of the HydroVision conference held in Portland, USA on 23 – 25th July 2019, a Marine Energy Symposium has been organised on Wednesday 24th to share what advancements are taking place in marine energy sector.
The symposium, supported by EMEC, Ocean Energy Europe and POET, offers delegates an insight into practical and technical information that can help advance device development and deployments.
For more information and symposium programme, click here: Marine Energy Symposium
EMEC are attending the 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), taking place in Napoli, Italy, 1st – 6th September 2019. The 13th EWTEC is organised by Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli and CONISMA (National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences)
Attending EWTEC:
- Elaine Buck, Technical Manager
- Caitlin Long, Environment and Consents Specialist
- Anna Southhall, Performance Test Engineer
- Rob Flynn, International Development Manager
If you would like to set up a meeting, please contact: info@emec.org.uk | (0)1856 852060.
About EWTEC:
The European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) series are international, technical and scientific conferences, focussed on ocean renewable energy and widely respected for their commitment to maintain high standards in the quality of academic and industrial contributions to their proceedings.
EWTEC provides a forum where those at the forefront of technology development in the sector meet, interact, present their latest knowledge and debate new ideas and issues pertinent to wave and tidal energy conversion. It thus provides attendees with a perfect forum for knowledge transfer and debate at the cutting edge of marine renewable energy technology.
To register and find out more, click here: EWTEC 2019
Not to be missed:
Ocean Energy Reliability Workshop | Tues 3rd September | 1530 – 1900 UTC+0
This workshop is being jointly hosted by MONITOR and RiaSoR2 project partners and will share learnings from across the two reliability-focused projects to support the progression of wave and tidal energy. This event is free to attend however registration is is essential as spaces are limited.
For more information, click here: Ocean Energy Reliability Workshop
