News this week

Richard Morris, EMEC’s commercial director today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ), with the potential for EMEC to provide advice and support in the development of a Japan Marine Energy Centre (JMEC). Click here for the full press release.

The announcement has attracted a lot of attention from the Japanese media (see photo) as Japan looks for viable alternatives to traditional fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources following the recent Fukushima disaster.

Earlier in the week, Jenny Norris, research director at EMEC, travelled to Paris having been invited to sit on the SOWFIA Project Advisory Board. The SOWFIA project aims to achieve the sharing and consolidation of pan-European experience of consenting processes, and environmental and socio-economic impact assessment (IA) best practices, for offshore wave energy conversion developments.

Coming up:
Neil Kermode and Eileen Linklater will be attending the Renewable UK Wave and Tidal Conference in Edinburgh next week. EMEC will have a pod in the Scottish Development International area. We look forward to seeing you there.