Press release: Large-scale green hydrogen facility being considered for Orkney
Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL), the consortium formed by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has announced it is studying the use of offshore wind to power the production of green hydrogen on an industrial scale on the island of Flotta in Orkney, Scotland. The OWPL consortium has Read More »
Press release: Royal Mail trial delivering mail to North Ronaldsay community by drone via SATE project
This week, Royal Mail has started a trial of scheduled, autonomous flights for two weeks between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay with Windracers Ltd via the SATE project in a bid to better connect remote island communities. The flight trials, which form part of the SATE project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via the Read More »
Press release: Major Scottish consortium confirms bid for Orkney and Caithness offshore wind project
A consortium of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer RIDG has announced their ScotWind bid for an offshore wind project at the ‘N1 site west of the Orkney Islands. The two-gigawatt proposal – named the West of Orkney Windfarm – has the potential to power more than two million homes and is currently Read More »
Blog: The need to redirect regulators to reach net zero
We get a lot of visitors coming to see what we are up to in Orkney. In the last few months we have welcomed three UK Ministers, MPs and MSPs of every hue and civil servants from multiple disciplines. I believe all go away impressed by what is going on here and invigorated by the Read More »
Press release: Maritime decarbonisation to cruise forward in Orkney
Orkney is to be the setting for an ambitious seven-month project demonstrating technologies to enable maritime decarbonisation. The £2.2 million HIMET (Hydrogen in an Integrated Maritime Energy Transition) project will explore solutions for decarbonising ferries as well as shore-side activities in ports. It is one of 55 projects selected for funding under the Department for Read More »
Press release: European Commission backs Orbital €26.7m floating tidal energy FORWARD-2030 project
The innovative Scottish technology developer, Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) will lead a pan-European consortium to deliver the €26.7m FORWARD-2030 project, set up to accelerate the commercial deployment of floating tidal energy. The FORWARD-2030 project consortium will receive €20.5m of grant support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to develop a multi-vector Read More »
Consultation: Billia Croo Section36
THE EUROPEAN MARINE ENERGY CENTRE LTD ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017 Notice has previously been given that The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd (EMEC), registered under company registration SC249331 at The Charles Clouston Building, ORIC, Back Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AW, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for Read More »
Blog: EMEC welcomes UK Hydrogen Strategy commitment to drive future research and demonstration projects
Orkney recognised for leading role in developing green hydrogen economy The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published its Hydrogen Strategy this week. The document outlines ambitions for the role that hydrogen might play in our future decarbonised energy system and commits the government to developing policies to support the delivery Read More »
Press release: Ampaire demonstrates first hybrid electric aircraft in Scotland
Electric aviation pioneer is first to fly low-emission aircraft on a potential airline route as part of UK program to transition to sustainable aviation. Kirkwall, Scotland (August 12, 2021) – Ampaire, a leader in electric aviation, celebrates the first hybrid electric flights in Scotland today, crossing the Pentland Firth from Kirkwall Airport (KOI) on the Read More »
Press release: UK Energy Minister visits EMEC
The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, UK Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, and David Duguid MP, UK Government Minister for Scotland, visited the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney today to see the developments taking place in ocean energy. The Ministers were met by Neil Kermode, EMEC’s Managing Director, Richard Graham Read More »
