Leonore van Velzen shortlisted for YPGEA Project Development Award
EMEC’s Hydrogen Project Manager, Leonore (Noor) van Velzen, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the ‘Project Development Award’ in Scottish Renewables’ Young Professionals Green Energy Awards 2023. The annual awards highlight young professionals who are pioneering new ideas with the drive and ambition needed to change the renewable energy industry for the better. The Read More »
SATE Project awarded industry accolade for low carbon aviation technologies
An innovative programme set to deliver the blueprint for net zero regional aviation in the UK has picked up a major industry accolade. The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) programme secured the Aerospace & Defence award at the seventh annual Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) awards which are led by The Engineer magazine. UK-led engineering projects Read More »
Orkney study wins Net Zero Living funding
Orkney has been chosen as one of 31 UK locations to conduct a three-month feasibility study examining how to overcome key non-technical barriers holding back efforts to reach net zero targets. The project will run from April to June 2023, funded by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. This study will draw on Read More »
EMEC floating wind demo site offers £690 million opportunity to UK
The economic potential of EMEC’s proposed 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site has been estimated at £690 million to UK economy. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, Scotland, concluded concept design for a new floating offshore wind test and demonstration site in 2022 and is aiming to secure a Read More »
HyFlyer II first flight test of hydrogen-electric engine
The HyFlyer II project has reached a major milestone with a Dornier 228 twin-engine aircraft completing its first flight test in testbed configuration. HyFlyer II lead partner and powertrain developer ZeroAvia took to the skies for the maiden flight of its 19-seat Dornier 228 testbed aircraft, retrofitted with a full-size prototype hydrogen-electric powertrain on the Read More »
Islands growth deal to release £393 million investment
An agreement to invest £100 million in the future economic prosperity of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides has been signed in Orkney by UK and Scottish Government Ministers and the Council Leaders of the three island groups. Up to 1,300 jobs and £393 million of investment is anticipated to result from the signing of Read More »
EMEC streamline wave energy consenting at Billia Croo
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been awarded a site-wide section 36 consent at its grid-connected Billia Croo wave test site off the west coast of Orkney, Scotland. Subjected to the powerful forces of the North Atlantic Ocean, Billia Croo has some of the highest wave energy potentials in Europe with an average significant Read More »
Royal visit marks bid to develop world’s largest tidal turbine blades
A project aiming to maximise tidal energy generation has been launched in the presence of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, at the University of Edinburgh’s FastBlade facility. The Princess Royal, who is also Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, visited on Tuesday 17 January to meet colleagues from the testing facility and partners of Read More »
