Blog: Scottish marine mission to Canada
EMEC’s Research Director, Jennifer Norris, was in Canada last week as part of a marine mission focusing on international opportunities for organisations operating in the marine energy industry. Organised by The Canadian High Commission to the UK, Scottish Development International and the British High Commission in Canada, the mission included various site visits, networking sessions, Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables: A powerful tide
Calum Davidson, Director of Energy and Low Carbon for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, provides a good round up of Scotland’s marine renewables activities and achievements in Holyrood Renewables. He also discusses the significance of the Marine Energy Park status given to the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area. The article is available to read in Read More »
Blog: Engineering opportunities in the marine renewables sector
Neil Kermode was recently interviewed by Ellie Zolfagharifard from The Engineer magazine regarding career opportunities in the marine renewable sector. The article is available to read online at The Engineer.
Blog: MARINET – 2nd call closing on Sept. 30th
Less than two weeks remain to apply for access to the MARINET 2nd call for transnational access, offering companies and research groups the opportunity to access EMEC’s world-class scale wave and tidal energy test facilities free of charge. The initiative covers the facility costs of a group from one country using a facility located in Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables Magazine: Ready, Steady, Go?
We have come across this interesting article by Richard Yemm highlighting the many challenges still facing the wave and tidal energy industry. The article is available to read on Holyrood Magazine’s website, entitled Ready, Steady Go?
Blog: Scottish Renewables Marine Conference (18-19 Sept 2012, Inverness)
Neil Kermode and Eileen Linklater are attending the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference taking place in Inverness next week (18th and 19th September 2012). Neil is sitting on the panel for the Technology – Learning, Volume and Optimisation session at 14:45 on Day 1, and will chair the Speed Update on Projects and Technologies, featuring a Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables Magazine: Blimey, that’s interesting
Article as printed in Holyrood Renewables, published September 11, 2012 Go to any oil town in the world, there’ll be somebody from Aberdeen there, doing business, making money and bringing wealth back to Scotland – in the future, reports Dave Flanagan, you’ll go to ‘marine towns’ and there’ll be a link back to Orkney “Wave Read More »
Blog: This week – International interest in EMEC
It’s been a busy week here at EMEC, with people coming from far and near to find out more about marine renewables in Orkney. A Japanese mission from the Iwate Prefecture toured the various EMEC sites, beginning with an aerial tour over the islands, a visit to wave test site, and a boat trip out Read More »
Blog: WATERS2 funding recipients announced
Congratulations to the five marine energy developers who will benefit from £7.9 million funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. The announcement was made following the Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s visit to Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd yesterday to view the company’s SR250 tidal turbine prototype Read More »
Blog: The Guardian – Orkney, leader in green energy, launches wave power competition
Severin Carrell, Scotland Correspondent for The Guardian visited EMEC and the wave test site at Billia Croo as part of a visit to Orkney this week to get a feel for how Orkney is leading the marine renewables industry. His article, available on The Guardian’s website, makes for an interesting read discussing the sustainability of Read More »
