Blog: New addition to EMEC admin team
A warm welcome to our newest member of staff, Dawn Mayes, who has joined the Administration and Quality Team on a part-time basis. Her principal role is to support the QHSE Manager, providing secretarial and support services for the effective operation of our Integrated Management System. She will also provide EMEC with general administrative support. Read More »
Press release: Sustainable Marine Energy taking PLAT-O to EMEC
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) Ltd is making a strategic move into the Scottish tidal energy sector having signed a long term testing contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd. SME will be taking on one of the berths at the Fall of Warness tidal test site where it will deploy five PLAT-O systems Read More »
Press release: Integrated hydrogen system for tidal energy storage
EMEC has procured an electrolyser to convert power generated at its tidal test site in Orkney to hydrogen fuel. The ground-breaking new project will pilot the storage of electricity from different forms of renewables, overcoming island grid constraints. ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has won a competitive tender to supply an Read More »
Blog: Focused review of marine energy at Ocean Business 2015
A ‘Special Session on Marine Renewable Energy’ looking to review the contribution of the NERC–DEFRA funded research and knowledge exchange programmes is taking place in Southampton next week as part of the Ocean Business 2015 conference. Our Research Director, Jennifer Norris, will be attending the conference taking place at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, Read More »
Press release: EMEC strengthens ties with Japan
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has become a member of the Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association (NaMICPA), a non-profit organisation, to help support the development of marine renewables in Japan and stimulate further collaboration between the two countries. Oliver Wragg, EMEC’s Commercial Director, signed up to the association during a marine energy trade Read More »
Press release: UK ETV verification bodies join forces to help innovative technologies reach the market
The UK’s Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) bodies are collaborating at the leading conference and exhibition for innovative energy and sustainability management in the UK. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will join BRE Global, WRc plc, and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) at Sustainability Live in Birmingham on 21-23 April 2015 with a mission to Read More »
Blog: Don’t miss Wave Energy Scotland’s webinar tomorrow
Wave Energy Scotland is holding a webinar tomorrow, Tuesday 31st March, at 0930 to provide details on their first project call for power take-off systems. During the free live webinar you will have the opportunity to ask questions and hear first-hand about the types of projects that may be supported through this initial £7m fund. Read More »
Blog: WATERS fund provides £3.7m for testing marine energy prototypes
Scotland’s marine energy sector has benefited from WATERS funding of almost £3.7million to further test and develop new marine energy prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Awards have been made to three companies – Albatern, Nova Innovation and Sustainable Marine Energy – to support total project costs of £7million for the development of new wave Read More »
Press release: Free component testing for marine renewables
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, is offering free component testing to support the development of wave and tidal energy converters. Aimed at marine energy developers, component manufacturers and other supply chain companies, the component testing project was launched last month as a means for the Read More »
Press release: Joint Industry Programme set for Ocean Energy
The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and Welsh Government have announced they will be funding Aquatera Ltd and their delivery partners MarineSpace and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to run a secretariat function for the new Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy. Building upon the successful model developed by the ORJIP for Read More »
