Blog: Climate Communiqué
It was refreshing to see the content of the Climate Communiqué issued by 24 Professional and Learned Societies in the UK. After the tempestuous last few months when we have seen worrying signs of a loss of focus on tackling climate change this single page of A4 clearly sets out why we do what we Read More »
Blog: WES award £7m for WEC PTO systems
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has announced the list of successful contract awards following its first international, competitive open call for innovative Power Take-Off (PTO) systems for wave energy devices. Over £7m has been awarded to 16 technology developers and consortia, from countries including UK, USA, Italy and Sweden, all looking for investment to advance their Read More »
Blog: Annex IV webinar on marine energy test centres and environmental research
EMEC’s Research Director, Dr Jennifer Norris, was recently invited to give a talk to Annex IV of the IEA-OES (International Energy Agency – Ocean Energy Systems). Hosted by Annex IV, the webinar features talks from marine energy test facilities across the globe including EMEC, PMEC, NNMREC and BiMEP, and discusses current environmental research efforts, as Read More »
Press release: Trans-Atlantic team to tackle tidal turbulence
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is working as part of a trans-Atlantic partnership looking at developing a new sensor system to measure the impact of turbulence on tidal devices. Aiming to improve the industry’s understanding of turbulence, the project will enable developers to optimise design, and deploy technology that can withstand the effects of Read More »
Blog: Marine energy developers share knowledge at Component Analysis Workshop
We had a great turn out at the Component Analysis Workshop on Wednesday 1st July, jointly hosted by EMEC, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) in Glasgow. The workshop was run as part of a project looking to foster industry knowledge sharing around components that have failed in Read More »
Blog: Feedback requested on new IEC Technical Specification: WEC power performance assessment
Standards and guidelines are fundamental to the development of the marine renewable sector. In 2009, EMEC released a suite of 12 marine renewables standards and guidelines covering assessment of energy resources, performance of devices, guidelines for certification, grid connection, tank testing, and project development. More than 12,000 copies of these documents have been distributed worldwide, Read More »
Blog: Project Manager vacancies at WES
Highlands and Islands Enterprise are recruiting Project Managers for Wave Energy Scotland (WES). Project Manager Location: Highlands and Islands Salary: £38,391-£48,151 Closing date: 15 July 2015 Interview date: 24 July 2015 This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in this new entity and to ensure its success. Candidates should have significant project Read More »
Guest blog: Ian Bryden – Reflections on 35 years in marine energy
Ian Bryden stood down from the EMEC Board in May, having spent 10 years as a non-executive Director. However his journey in marine renewables started long before he joined EMEC. In this guest blog, Ian reflects on his time in marine renewables. It’s almost thirty five years now since I joined the marine energy sector, before there even Read More »
Blog: Wave Energy Scotland webinar – 18 June 2015
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is holding an information webinar next week, 0930 on Thursday 18 June, to provide details on their latest project call for novel wave energy converters and enable potential applicants to clarify any points on the programme stages. If you’re in Orkney, feel free to pop along to EMEC’s offices as we Read More »
Press release: EMEC and FloWave offer one-stop-shop to wave energy developers
World-leading test centres offer expert input to applicants for latest Wave Energy Scotland funding call Scotland’s world-leading wave energy test centres have joined forces to support technology firms aiming to develop the next generation of wave energy converters. The European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, and the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at Edinburgh University Read More »
