News this week

Staff at EMEC were delighted to have a run in Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV battery-powered electric car on Wednesday; an interesting experience for those who had never driven an automatic before. The power from the lithium ion battery system was impressive. Pictured is Eileen Linklater following her test run of the car down to the Billia Croo wave test site.

EMEC is pleased to announce this week that the University of Nottingham will be trialling their Energy Bag concept, an energy storage system, at EMEC. For further details click here.

Neil Kermode participated in the first meeting of the reformed Marine Energy Group, jointly chaired by the Scottish Government and Scottish Renewables, in Edinburgh yesterday. The meeting was very well attended and it was great to see so much enthusiasm towards the development of the marine renewable industry.

Richard Morris has returned from a visit to South Korea and China. In South Korea, he participated in a one day Ocean Renewable Energy Workshop held in Busan, and met with KORDI the South Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute. In Hong Kong, he met with various country representatives from South East Asia at City University Hong Kong to discuss ways of collaborating closer for the benefit of the entire industry.

Coming up:

EMEC are sponsoring the Stromness Amateur Swimming Club’s 51st Annual Club Championships taking place tomorrow. Good luck to all the participants.