Press release: EMEC and META strengthen UK test site collaboration
The Scottish and Welsh ocean energy test centres have strengthened ties to expand the UK’s test centre network. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, Scotland, has signed an agreement with Marine Energy Wales to provide further support to the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. This builds on an initial Read More »
Press release: Orkney awarded €100k EU Responsible Island Prize
The Orkney Islands have been awarded €100,000 in the first ever EU RESPonsible Island Prize, funded by Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme. Following evaluation by an international panel of independent experts the European Commission awarded third prize to Orkney, pipped to the post by the Danish islands of Bornholm and Samsø, respectively Read More »
Press release: EMEC lead on US ocean energy project review
EMEC has strengthened its international collaboration with the United States feeding ocean energy expertise into the 2019 Project Peer Review Report released this week by the U.S. Department of Energy. The 2019 Peer Review was conducted by a review panel coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) who Read More »
Press release: WaveBoost project improves performance and reliability of wave energy
The three-year Horizon 2020 funded WaveBoost project has drawn to a close with a step change improvement achieved to the reliability and performance of wave energy technology. Led by CorPower Ocean, the WaveBoost consortium designed and developed an advanced power take off (PTO) system allowing wave energy converters (WECs) to operate safer and more reliably Read More »
Press release: Ocean DEMO call 2 awards support to ten technology developers
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has awarded recommendations for support to ten offshore renewable energy developers under its 2nd call. The awards will support developers on their path to commercialisation and ease the transition of ocean energy towards multi-device farms by providing free access to open sea test sites. Funded by Interreg North-West Europe, Ocean Read More »
Press release: Orbital set ambition on installing first floating tidal farm at EMEC
Scottish based tidal energy developer Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) have signed up to a second berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. This will pave the way for Orbital to deliver their first floating tidal turbine farm. Orbital are currently in the process of manufacturing their first commercial O2 turbine; at Read More »
Press release: Blue-GIFT 2nd call closes end April 2020
The Blue-GIFT project’s second call for applications for ocean energy demonstration will close on 30 April 2020 at 17:00 UTC. Applications can benefit from an early assessment if the test plan requires a starting date on Q1 & Q2 2020. Funded by Interreg Atlantic Area, the main objective of Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Read More »
Press release: SEA Wave & WESE launch a platform for ocean energy data sharing
An online platform, MARENDATA, has been launched in collaboration by the SEA Wave and WESE projects to disseminate environmental monitoring data collected within the marine energy industry. Co-funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, both SEA Wave and WESE are undertaking bespoke environmental research campaigns to better understand the potential environmental effects associated with Read More »
Press release: EMEC to host MaRINET2 course on marine energy environmental data collection
Following the success of the variety of training courses delivered by the MaRINET2 project consortium to date, the next course will be held in Stromness Orkney on 23 – 24th June 2020. Hosted and led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), the short course entitled “Environmental data collection in marine renewable energy sites” will Read More »
Press release: Success for Magallanes at EMEC through Horizon2020 projects
Tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables, have been successfully testing their second generation, 2MW tidal platform ‘ATIR’ at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), since 2018, as part of the Ocean_2G project. The aim of the project was to test, validate and pre-certify Magallanes’ device and this was successfully achieved through a structured programme of testing, Read More »
