EMEC tidal site activity ramping up
If you’ve been keeping an eye on Orkney Islands Council’s Notice to Mariners, you’ll see that activity on our grid-connected tidal test site is about to ramp up. Here’s a snapshot of activity planned to take place at the Fall of Warness over the next few weeks. Scotrenewables Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 will be connected Read More »
Blog: Orkney – buzzing with marine energy development
Renewable UK policy manager Caroline Bragg ventured up to Orkney last week to experience the islands buzz around marine energy development. Hoy is a hilly island off the Orkney mainland. The parishes of the island divide it in two – lumping one half together with the island to the south and one with the island to Read More »
Press release: SEA’s Drymate Connector aids wave and tidal development
Cohort company Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA) Ltd and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) are showcasing an innovative subsea connector solution at Renewable UK’s 13th Annual Wave & Tidal Conference in London on 23rd February 2017. SEA’s Drymate Connector – used to connect marine energy technologies to EMEC’s subsea cables – will be on Read More »
Press release: London showcase for Orkney marine energy businesses
Nine Orkney based marine energy businesses are set to take part in a major industry event being held in London this week. Organised by Renewable UK, the Wave and Tidal 2017 conference and exhibition is aimed at demonstrating the value of the marine energy industry to the UK and securing high-level support for the sector. Read More »
Press release: Tocardo arrive in Orkney
Tocardo Tidal Power have burst onto the tidal scene in the UK with the InToTidal project kick-off and the arrival of Tocardo’s system in Orkney. The system arrived at Hatston Pier in Kirkwall last Monday [13th February 2017] in preparation for it being deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC’s) grid-connected tidal test site. Read More »
Press release: LAMWEC tank tests demo innovative storm protection system
Laminaria’s wave energy converter (WEC) has undergone tank testing at the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory at Plymouth University, as part of the LAMWEC project. Funded under the OCEANERA-NET First Joint Call 2014, in association with Scottish Enterprise, Innovate UK, and IWT, the LAMWEC project seeks to develop and test a full-scale 200kW Read More »
Press release: Funded access to EMEC available through MaRINET2
€10.5M Horizon 2020 project will accelerate the development of marine renewable energy technologies by offering funded access to ocean energy test facilities The EU has invested €10.5 million to the second phase of the transnational, multi-million euro initiative, MaRINET2, which aims to help industry accelerate the development of offshore renewable energy technologies and infrastructure by Read More »
Press release: EMEC win Rushlight Marine and Hydro Energy Award
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has won the ‘Marine and Hydro Energy’ award at the Rushlight Awards 2016-17. Now in their 10th year, the Rushlight Awards aim to support and promote all the latest clean technologies, innovations, initiatives and deployment projects for businesses and other organisations throughout the UK, Ireland and internationally. Accepting the Read More »
Blog: EMEC welcome back a familiar face
We are delighted to welcome back, newly appointed Metocean Data Manager, Joe Thompson. Starting at EMEC back in 2011, he previously worked as a Data Technician. Joe has recently returned home from his travels in Indonesia to re-join the EMEC team. Now a couple of weeks in, Joe is settling back into the swing of Read More »
Press release: EMEC supporting China Marine Energy Centre
European Marine Energy Centre exporting world-leading marine energy knowledge to China UK wave and tidal energy experts are building innovation links with China based on the world-leading experience at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. As Chinese academics turn their attention towards the global potential for marine renewable energy, they invited EMEC and Read More »
