Blog: EMEC to host Orkney Ocean Energy Day (3rd June 2014)
A public open day will take place on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 to showcase the pioneering work taking place with marine renewables in Orkney. EMEC, in partnership with Ocean Energy Europe, has developed an exciting programme of events throughout the day, including opening up the main marine renewables sites around Orkney to visitors. The event Read More »
Blog: Pro-Tide Ecology Master Class (14 May 2014)
Christina Bristow, EMEC’s Research & Consents Officer, is speaking at the Pro-Tide Ecology Master Class on 14th May 2014 in the Isle of Wight. The purpose of the master class is to look at current best practice in Environmental Impact Assessment for tidal energy projects and devices and to start to develop a protocol for Read More »
Blog: EIMR 2014, Stornoway (30 April – 1 May)
EMEC is attending the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR) Conference in Stornoway on 30th April – 1st May 2014. Jennifer Norris (Research Director), Christina Bristow (Research and Consents Officer) and Michael Butler (Acoustic Engineer) will be attending the event. If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk. Poster presentations Read More »
Blog: GMREC, Seattle (15-18 April)
Oliver Wragg, EMEC’s Commercial Director, will be attending the Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference (GMREC) in Seattle, Washington, USA 15-18th April 2014. If you’d like to set up a meeting with Oliver please contact info@emec.org.uk. Oliver is chairing the North American Research Initiatives session at 10am on Wednesday 16th April. He will be joined by speakers from the Read More »
Blog: £6m marine energy support fund launched
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that the marine energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop wave and tidal energy prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise has launched the third round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS fund in collaboration with Highlands & Read More »
Blog: THETIS Convention, Cherbourg (9-10 April)
EMEC is exhibiting at the International Convention for Marine Renewable Energy (THETIS MRE) in Cherbourg, France on 9-10th April 2014. Oliver Wragg (Commercial Director) and Eileen Linklater (Client Relationship Manager) will be attending the event, and exhibiting as part of the SDI pavilion on stand B5 (download the floor plan here: THETIS exhibition floor plan). Read More »
Blog: SI Ocean launch Strategic Technology Agenda
The extent to which the wave and tidal energy sectors will meet their 2020 objectives will be in direct proportion to the political will to implement the right mechanisms for advancing existing technologies, reports a study by the SI Ocean project. The Wave & Tidal Energy Strategic Technology Agenda reports that the development of these Read More »
Press release: EMEC to study integrity of subsea cabling
The world leading European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, is to share learning on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. Funded by The Crown Estate, the project will see EMEC and Engineering Technology Applications Ltd (ETA) carry out Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas speaking at SR Annual Conference
EMEC’s Max Carcas will be speaking at the Scottish Renewables Annual Conference and Exhibition taking place next week, 18-19th March 2014 in Edinburgh. Max is speaking on Day 2 in the Finance Conference in the Wave and Tidal plenary (parallel 3B) alongside Cameron Johnston (Nautricity), Chris Stark (Scottish Government) and Ray Hunter (RES Offshore). Calum Davidson, Read More »
Blog: EMEC publishes guidance notes on underwater acoustic monitoring
In April 2013, EMEC facilitated an underwater acoustics workshop aimed at regulators of marine renewable energy activities and their statutory environmental advisors. The driver for the workshop was the need for a greater appreciation amongst regulators of the key aspects of underwater acoustic data gathering. Specifically: What should be measured; How should measurement be undertaken; Read More »
