Press release: EMEC and ETI begin environmental monitoring survey
One of the most comprehensive surveys ever carried out into the environmental impact of tidal powered turbines on marine wildlife has begun off the island of Eday in Orkney. The environmental monitoring and measuring survey is a key part of the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) ReDAPT (Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal) project. A team Read More »
Blog: Neil speaking at RUK Wave & Tidal Conference
Neil Kermode, EMEC’s Managing Director, is speaking at the Renewable UK Wave & Tidal Conference this week. He is joining Colin Imrie (Scottish Government), Alyn Smith MEP, and Felicity Jones (GL Garrad Hassan) in the ‘Political Buy-In in the Age of Austerity’ plenary at 14:30 on Wednesday 27th February 2013. The session will look back Read More »
Blog: EMEC feature on Country File
“Orkney’s docks are creaking under the weight of new designs” Tom Heap EMEC featured on Country File last night, following a visit to Orkney last month. The programme explored the potential of tidal stream and tidal range power throughout the UK, focusing on the innovative tidal stream developments that are taking place here in Orkney, Read More »
Blog: New video charts local supply chain investment
A new video charting the multi-million pound investment by Orkney companies in specialist vessels to support the marine renewable energy industry has been posted online by Orkney Islands Council. More marine renewable energy devices have been deployed in Orkney waters than at any other single site in the world, and this has brought a number Read More »
Blog: Country File profile tidal power this Sunday
Country File were in Orkney last month filming for an upcoming feature on tidal power due to be aired this Sunday, 10th February 2013 (everywhere except Scotland), and next Sunday, 17th February 2013 in Scotland. Eileen Linklater provided Tom Heap and the production team with a tour around the wave test site at Billia Croo, Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas discusses the cost of developing marine renewables
“Whilst 25-30p/kWh seems quite expensive it is often forgotten that there has never been a new energy technology that has been economic ‘out of the box’.” The Financial Times published an article last week remarking on the progress that has been made at EMEC over the last 10 years as demand for our full-scale wave Read More »
Blog: Extreme weather generates 14m wave at Billia Croo
Has anyone been keeping an eye on the live wave data at Billia Croo over the last couple of days? Our north wave rider buoy reported a 21 metre wave early on Wednesday morning. However, as the data is streamed straight from the wave rider buoy to the website it is not subject to our Read More »
Blog: Alstom finalise TGL acquisition as 1MW turbine is deployed at EMEC
Alstom has completed the acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) from Rolls-Royce plc. In September 2012, Alstom announced that it had agreed to acquire TGL, which specialises in the design and manufacturing of tidal stream turbines, subject to the achievement of critical milestones including the successful installation of the 1MW tidal turbine at the European Read More »
Blog: Executive Magazine features Neil Kermode
Our Managing Director Neil Kermode stars in the cover story of this month’s Executive Magazine. Neil reflects on how he ended up in Orkney running the world’s leading marine energy test centre, and discusses the positive effect the industry is having locally. “The boost that Orkney and the rest of the Highlands and Islands are Read More »
Blog: Crown Estate to invest £20m in marine energy
The organisation which controls property rights over most of the seabed around the UK’s coast, has announced this week that it is to invest up to £20 million to help develop marine energy projects in the UK. The Crown Estate are looking to invest in two wave and/or tidal energy demonstration arrays. To be eligible Read More »
