Press release: UK Government backs tidal power
The UK Government has announced its biggest investment in a generation into tidal power, kickstarting a new chapter for the UK’s tidal energy industry. The UK Government will invest £20 million per year across the UK in tidal stream electricity as part of its flagship renewable energy auction scheme. This will strengthen energy security by Read More »
Press release: One week to save the future of tidal stream energy in the UK
Leading figures in the marine energy sector have warned that the UK’s world-leading position can only be maintained with “practical support from Government to match its undoubted goodwill”. The key issue is that, while funding for tidal stream energy has theoretically been made available, there is no ring-fenced “minima” committed specifically to the technology through Read More »
Press release: EMEC named H&I Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year having won the Rural Blue Award at The SHIREs (Scottish Highlands and Islands Rural Economy) Awards. The SHIREs celebrate Scotland’s modern rural economy, from the traditional to the innovative, from land and trees to the sea. Home to over two Read More »
Press release: Mocean Energy Blue X completes sea trials at EMEC
Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy machine has returned to dock after a successful five-month test period at sea. The 20-metre long, 38-tonne wave machine has been towed from the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC’s) Scapa Flow test site to Kirkwall and has been lifted onto Hatston Pier, where it will be cleaned, inspected, and Read More »
Press release: Scottish Government launch Hydrogen Action Plan
The Scottish Government published its draft Hydrogen Action Plan yesterday [10 November 2021] which outlines a 5-year programme to help build Scotland’s hydrogen economy and deliver an ambition for the technology to provide nearly a sixth of Scotland’s energy needs by 2030. Backed by more than £100 million of funding announced in 2020, the draft Read More »
