EMEC wins REA award
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named the flagship project of the year for the renewables industry at the 7th British Renewable Energy Awards ceremony, held last night, (Thursday, 21 June) in London. EMEC scooped the accolade at the Renewable Energy Association event for its achievement in establishing itself as the world’s leading Read More »
News this week
It has been a very busy time for EMEC in the fine weather over the last few weeks, with both EON and Scottish Power Renewables P2 machines out on the wave test site, Aquamarine’s Oyster 800 commencing operational testing, and Seatricity preparing to start their installation works. Earlier in the month Scottish Power and Hammerfest Read More »
EMEC collaborate with Oregon (USA)
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world-leading marine and tidal energy development facility, today (Wednesday, May 23) announces a major collaboration with Oregon Wave Energy Trust and its partner, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Centre (NNMREC). EMEC will deliver advice and support on the design, set up and operation for the NNMREC Pacific Marine Read More »
EMEC at All-Energy 23-24 May
EMEC will be exhibiting at All-Energy 2012, at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th May 2012. Please come along to our stand at K81 in the Orkney Pavilion to find out more about our leading role within the marine renewables industry and the vast array of activity that is Read More »
Max Carcas joins EMEC team
THE European Marine Energy Centre has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of marine renewable energy expert Max Carcas of Caelulum Ltd to work on external liaison activities. Mr Carcas will work with EMEC to assist the world-leading wave and tidal energy test facility boost its industry engagement due to increased demand. Mr Carcas Read More »
News this week
EMEC’s Developers Research Forum (DRF) took place on Monday this week. The DRF provides a platform to developers testing at EMEC to collaborate and share their experiences, knowledge and opinions on technical and regulatory issues. The latest session was attended by representatives from Marine Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage which prompted some interesting discussions between Read More »
News this week
Industry news The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched its new £20 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator (MEAD) scheme aimed at stimulating further growth in the marine renewable energy sector. The initiative will support up to two pre-commercial projects to demonstrate the operation of wave and/or tidal devices in array formation over a period of Read More »
News this week
This week has been a very positive week for the renewables industry in Scotland with a number of key announcements and reports highlighting the achievements that are being demonstrated throughout the sector, and confirming that renewable energy is not only a significant contributor to the energy mix, but also to the Scottish economy. Scottish Renewables Read More »
News this week
The Scottish Government has announced plans to launch a £103 million renewable energy fund to support renewable energy development in Scotland. The Renewable Energy Investment Fund will support pre-commercial projects including wave and tidal demonstration arrays. The fund will also aim to leverage additional private investment for the sector. This is a very welcome announcement Read More »
EMEC expansion plans
Rising developer demand prompts expansion plans at European Marine Energy Centre THE European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is to begin consultations on the expansion of its pioneering facilities in response to rapidly growing demand for its full-scale test sites. The move comes as one of Europe’s largest electricity producers, Vattenfall, is confirmed as the latest Read More »
