Blog: EMEC team race success
EMEC Engineering Technician Chris Casely reports on EMEC’s participation in the multi-terrain adventure race, the Ythan challenge: Max Carcas, Graeme Busfield, Chris Casely, Morna Brown, Neil Brown, Jenny Norris, Keith Dampney and Donald Sinclair took part in the race on Sunday 16 June. Weather was superb, if even a little hot! It was an incredibly Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas interview with SETIS
Max recently spoke with the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS). The interview is available below. Ocean energy’s contribution to the overall EU energy mix is currently quite small; do you see any potential to significantly increase this share in the near future? Yes, although it would be unreasonable to expect ocean energy Read More »
Press release: EMEC celebrates 10th anniversary
The European Marine Energy Centre – the world’s first and only test centre for wave and tidal energy devices – celebrates its tenth anniversary this month, with the pioneering Orkney based facility planning a host of events to mark its milestone year. The centre, which started off with just four wave test berths at Billia Read More »
Blog: All Energy – Wave and Tidal Seminar Theatre Lineup
This week we will be exhibiting and speaking at All-Energy 2013, taking place on 22nd and 23rd May 2013 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. New Wave and Tidal Seminar Theatre For the first time this year All-Energy have introduced a new theatre within the Orkney and HIE pavilion focusing on wave and tidal Read More »
Blog: EMEC exhibiting at All-Energy 2013
We will be exhibiting and speaking at All-Energy 2013, taking place on 22nd and 23rd May 2013 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Visit us at Stand K91 This year marks EMEC’s 10th birthday so please come along to our stand at K91 in the Orkney Pavilion to help us celebrate all the great Read More »
Blog: Neil reflects on significance of new pier at Hatston
A few weeks ago I was pleasantly, and mildly, surprised to be asked to open the extension to Hatston Pier by Councillor Jim Foubister. I joked about whether my wife needed to buy a new hat and whether I needed to get my hair done. (See the photos for how pointless that would have been Read More »
Press release: Pier extended to service marine renewables industry
A ceremony has taken place to mark the opening of a pier in Orkney that will serve as a major base for the marine renewable energy industry. At 385 meters – almost a quarter of a mile – the newly extended Hatston Pier is now Scotland’s longest commercial deep-water berth. The 160-metre extension to the Read More »
Blog: ICE Director General impressed by Orkney’s renewables foresight
The Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) visited Orkney last week, witnessing first-hand the leading role Orkney is playing in the development of marine renewable energy. Nick Baveystock, along with his colleague Sara Thiam, Regional Director of ICE Scotland, and Chris Young, Policy Manager – Scotland, visited various renewables and engineering projects Read More »
Blog: EMEC staff climbing day
EMEC staff and families were ‘shown the ropes’ of the new climbing wall at The Pickaquoy Centre on Saturday thanks to Orkney Climbing Club. Whilst perhaps a little daunting at first for those who hadn’t climbed before, it was a great afternoon learning climbing techniques and how to belay safely with everyone pushing themselves to Read More »
Blog: Bagging the ‘bruck’ at Billia Croo
Bruck, noun: Orcadian word for rubbish. Every year, Environmental Concern Orkney organises ‘Bag the Bruck’: an Orkney-wide event which sees over 600 local volunteers clean up around 100 sites across the county. As has become tradition, staff from EMEC and Aquamarine Power, along with friends and family, descended to Billia Croo on Saturday, where EMEC’s Read More »
