Blog: Neil Kermode – 10 Years of Wave and Tide
Neil Kermode is speaking at the Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) this week, alongside representatives of wave and tidal developers. Hosted by Orkney Renewable Energy Forum, “10 Years of Wave and Tide” will celebrate the developments that have taken place throughout Orkney over the last decade, and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that Read More »
Blog: reNews report on Orkney’s marine energy boom
EMEC hosted a visit last month from Seb Kennedy, deputy editor of leading renewables newsletter reNews, to report on the current boom of wave and tidal testing activity in Orkney. Seb reflects on his visit below: “The most impressive known display of cutting-edge marine renewables engineering anywhere in the world” I first visited Orkney in Read More »
Blog: Busy week at Fall of Warness
A lot of progress has been made since we reported on the unprecedented number of tidal energy devices using the newly extended Hatston pier at the beginning of August (read the blog post here). The combination of good neaps and good weather windows has enabled a flurry of activity at the Fall of Warness Read More »
Blog: WWF commend Orkney’s steps towards a sustainable future
We’ve just come across this interesting article – Orkney brown crabs could lead us all to clean, green marine energy – published on Herald Scotland. In it, Lang Banks, Director of WWF Scotland, expresses his admiration for two “ground-breaking initiatives” taking place here in Orkney. “I think it is pretty amazing to think that a Read More »
Blog: Billia Croo bustling with activity
As we celebrate our 10th birthday here at EMEC there is another important anniversary worth noting. That is the anniversary of the first electricity to be fed into the grid at the EMEC wave test site; a momentous occasion that also marked the first generation into an onshore grid network from an Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas clarifies Pentland Firth power potential
Last month the Royal Society issued a report called “The available power from tidal stream turbines in the Pentland Firth”. It was claimed that this paper was the first to make a robust estimate of the maximum power that could be generated from the Pentland Firth after taking into account the effect multiple arrays of Read More »
Blog: Ocean Renewable Energy Conference (25-26 Sept 2013, Oregon)
The future of clean, renewable ocean wave energy will be discussed in depth at the Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, held in Astoria, Oregon this year. This is the eighth annual ocean energy conference presented by Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET). “Community and Industry: Collaboration, Innovation and Opportunity” is the theme of this year’s conference. With Read More »
Blog: Introducing our new Acoustic Engineer
We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our Research and Consents Team, Michael Butler, who has recently taken on the newly created role of Acoustic Engineer. Michael’s primary role is to further develop EMEC’s acoustic surveying capabilities with support from bioacoustic researchers at Loughborough University. Originally from the far end of the country, Read More »
Blog: Unprecedented tidal energy activity at Hatston Pier
At no other site in the world would you find such an array of tidal energy devices. The newly extended pier has been utilised by five tidal energy developers in recent weeks – Alstom Hydro, ANDRITZ Hydro Hammerfest, OpenHydro, Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd, and Voith Hydro – with four devices currently at the quay. In Read More »
Blog: EMEC sponsoring Snipe Sailing Championships
The UK Snipe Nationals are taking place in Orkney this weekend with 12 of the UK’s top Snipe sailing teams having travelled from as far afield as the south of England to compete. This is the first time that the championships have taken place in Scotland. As principal sponsor of the event, EMEC has provided Read More »
