Press release: Orbital O2 exports clean power at EMEC
Orbital Marine Power’s O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, has commenced grid connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The innovative, floating turbine is anchored in the Fall of Warness where a subsea cable connects the 2MW offshore unit to the local onshore electricity network. This marks a key Read More »
Press release: Franco-Scottish research to drive floating wind and hydrogen in Europe
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and partners have delivered a report outlining a series of recommendations for the Scottish Government to facilitate research collaborations between Scottish and French organisations working in floating wind and hydrogen. Published by The Scottish Government today, the report produced by EMEC in partnership with French engineering firm INNOSEA and Read More »
Press release: EMEC prepare for summer acoustic monitoring programme
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has designed a programme of acoustic surveys to determine the potential impact that marine renewable developments may have on local species and habitats. This summer, EMEC will deploy a series of acoustic surveys designed to monitor noise levels of marine energy technologies at its ocean energy test sites in Read More »
Consultation: Orbital decommissioning programme
Orbital Marine Power is undertaking a project to install a second 2 MW floating tidal turbine, Orbital O2.2, at EMEC’s Fall of Warness, Orkney, in 2023. Orbital Marine Power have requested consent from the regulator, Marine Scotland, to deploy and test the O2.2. As part of the consenting process, a Decommissioning Programme must be produced Read More »
Press release: MPs visit EMEC to see evidence of marine energy in action
Members of the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee visited Orkney on Monday 28 June 2021 to visit the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and gather further evidence on renewable energy in Scotland. A report on their findings will make recommendations to UK Government this summer ahead of November’s COP26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow. Read More »
Press release: Mocean Energy Blue X wave machine starts sea trials at EMEC
The prospect of generating clean energy from waves moved a step closer as Mocean Energy commenced testing of their Blue X wave energy prototype at EMEC in Orkney. In the last few days the 20-metre long, 38-tonne wave machine has been towed from Kirkwall to EMEC’s Scapa Flow test site where it has been successfully Read More »
Blog: Neil Kermode reflects on hosting the future King
So when you get the call saying the future King is interested in coming to see your work what do you say? You can guess! It was a huge privilege to host the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in May. The abiding impression they left was one of genuine interest in the Read More »
Press release: Ocean DEMO opens 4th call
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project 4th call opens today, 4 June 2021. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This new call will focus on supporting technology developers ready to deploy in 2021 or early 2022. Technology Read More »
Press release: Orkney electricity transmission link worth up to £807 million to Orkney economy
A new electricity transmission link between Orkney and the Scottish Mainland could be worth at least £371 million to the Orkney economy, according to a recently commissioned study into the potential value of the cable. This would rise to £807 million if the wave and tidal energy industry makes use of the cable too. For Read More »
Consultation: Mocean Energy decommissioning programme
Mocean Energy is undertaking a project, funded by Wave Energy Scotland (WES) through its Novel WEC Programme, to build and test at sea a 1/2-scale 100 kW wave energy converter called Blue X. Testing of the Blue X is planned to commence at EMEC’s Billia Croo test site, Orkney after testing at EMEC’s Scapa Flow Read More »
