News this week
Last week was a busy week for EMEC in visitor terms. Friday, December 14th saw a visit to the tidal test site from SAIC, a US based technology company involved in marine energy programmes. A PhD student from ICIT also accompanied them to the site and had an exhilarating trip. He’s promised to describe his Read More »
Green Energy Award
The European Marine Energy Centre’s world leading role in pioneering tidal power generation has been saluted with a prestigious Green Energy Award. Orkney-based EMEC scooped the Best Renewable Innovation Award at the Scottish Renewables Green Energy Awards 2007. The award is in recognition of EMEC’s achievement in creating the world’s first test facility for tidal Read More »
News this week
Following the visit to EMEC last week by Gilles van Kote, a journalist from Le Monde, Paris, his article can now be viewed online. Our Managing Director, Neil Kermode and Edwina Cook, Business Development/Client Relationship Officer attended the Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh yesterday. EMEC are delighted to have been awarded the Best Renewable Innovation Read More »
Standards News
The development of standards for the marine renewable energy industry took another important step forward in early November. Over 50 delegates representing various stakeholders from the UK and several European countries met at the Teacher’s Building in Glasgow on the 6th of November. Working groups discussed the following 6 standards: Wave Performance Testing Environmental Impact Read More »
News this week
A paper ‘European Marine Energy Centre: Facilities and Resources’ by Ian Bryden, Professor at the University of Edinburgh and EMEC Director; and Jennifer Norris, Research Manager, EMEC has been published. It can be found in the journal ‘Ice – Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers‘. Visitors this week have included Careers Scotland, Orkney Tourism Read More »
News this week
EMEC have recovered the latest ADCP from Billia Croo and will assess its readings. OpenHydro have been busy on the tidal test site and have successfully exchanged the turbine to the latest model. They are very happy with the procedure and continue into the next phase of testing. Jennifer Norris attended the Northern Lighthouse Board’s Read More »
News this week
The Standards meeting took place on 6th November at the Teachers Building in Glasgow. A successful and invigorating meeting took place – further details to follow. Four members of EMEC staff have been continuing with training on Autocad at Orkney College. The weather has been spectacular this week with 10 metre waves recorded at the Read More »
News this week
The winners of the ManagEnergy Drawing and Photo Competition 2007 have now been announced. You may remember that pupils from our local primary school took part before the summer holidays, unfortunately, they were not successful in the worldwide competition, but in our eyes, they are a success! Full details of the winners and regional competitions Read More »
OpenHydro Turbine Swap
Irish company OpenHydro is preparing put a new and upgraded tidal turbine through its paces at EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre. The Dublin-based renewables business succeeded in installing its first Open-Centre Turbine at EMEC’s tidal test site almost a year ago. Since then, the innovative technology has undergone a series of tests at the Read More »
EMEC wins first place in R&D award
On Thursday 27th September, EMEC was announced as the Winner of the Commitment to Research and Development Award, sponsored by ITI Energy, at the Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Northern Star Business Awards, 2007, held in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Although EMEC is first and foremost an operational facility, its role in Read More »
