Events calendar
March – September 2014
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Background
Standards and guidelines are fundamental to the development of the marine renewable sector. In 2009 the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) released a suite of 12 standards and guidelines on behalf of the marine renewable energy industry (www.emec.org.uk/standards). Topics covered include assessment of energy resources, performance of devices, guidelines for certification, grid connection, tank testing, and project development.
Each document in the suite was written by an acknowledged expert and progressed by a working group with individuals representing technology developers, regulators, academia, utilities, and project developers – a true cross-section of the marine energy industry. More than 4,000 copies of these documents have been distributed worldwide, with 6 of these being progressed via the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for global adoption as the first international standards for marine renewable energy.
As with any standards, it is important that these documents are reviewed regularly and the need for new standards identified. In March 2014, EMEC, in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult), facilitated a workshop to review the existing suite of EMEC standards and identify areas where new standards require to be developed.
Workshop details
The workshop was held on Tuesday 25th March 2014 at the BMA Conference Centre, Edinburgh.
The purpose of the workshop was to:
- Review the existing EMEC standards and guidelines and their further development by the IEC;
- Investigate the requirement for new standards or guidelines in additional topic areas.
The full workshop programme is available to download below:
The draft proposal for four new marine energy standards/guidelines, which was presented in the morning session and further explored in the afternoon breakout sessions is also available to download:
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Report
The report from the workshop is available to download on the ORE Catapult website: Review of Standards for Marine Renewables (Wave & Tidal)
EMEC is exhibiting at the International Convention for Marine Renewable Energy (THETIS MRE) in Cherbourg, France on 9-10th April 2014.
Attending the event:
- Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
- Eileen Linklater, Client Relationship & Marketing Manager
EMEC is exhibiting as part of SDI’s pavilion. If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk.
Programme
Day 1 @ 10.30am: How do MRE projects handle the social impact on maritime users?
Oliver is speaking in this session, providing an insight into the lessons learnt from 10 years of marine energy experience.
Poster presentation
EMEC is also presenting a poster on the Integrated Marine Energy Measurement Platform that EMEC has developed to measure a variety of parameters in strong tidal flows, such as at EMEC’s Fall of Warness tidal test site, off the island of Eday, in Orkney.
For further information on the conference visit: THETIS MRE
Oliver Wragg, EMEC’s Commercial Director, will be attending the Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference (GMREC) in Seattle, Washington, USA 15-18th April 2014.
If you’d like to set up a meeting with Oliver please contact info@emec.org.uk.
Oliver is chairing the North American Research Initiatives session at 10am on Wednesday 16th April. He will be joined by speakers from the three US national marine renewable energy centres (NNMREC, SNMREC, and HINMREC), the Victoria west coast wave initiative, the UNH Center for Ocean Renewable Energy, and the US Navy.
The full conference programme is available online: GMREC 2014 programme
For further information on the conference visit: GMREC 2014
EMEC will be attending the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR) Conference in Stornoway on 30th April – 1st May 2014.
Attending the event:
- Jennifer Norris, Research Director
- Christina Bristow, Research and Consents Officer
- Michael Butler, Acoustic Engineer
Poster presentations
EMEC is presenting three posters at the EIMR conference on the following topics:
- EMEC land-based surface visual wildlife observations programmes
- EMEC integrated environmental monitoring platform
- Synchronisation of environmental monitoring across European wave and tidal test centres (Part of the FP7 MaRINET Project)
For further information on the conference visit: EIMR 2014
Christina Bristow, EMEC’s Research & Consents Officer, is speaking at the Pro-Tide Ecology Master Class on 14th May 2014 in the Isle of Wight.
The purpose of the Master Class is to look at current best practice in Environmental Impact Assessment for tidal energy projects and devices and to start to develop a protocol for environmental monitoring programmes.
Christina will be talking about environmental monitoring for tidal energy projects at EMEC. The full programme is available here: Pro-Tide Master Class Agenda
For further information and details on how to book, visit: Pro-Tide Ecology Master Class
EMEC are exhibiting at All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2014 in Aberdeen on 21-22 May 2014. Visit us on stand ORK40 in the Orkney pavilion in the Highlands & Islands area.
Attending All-Energy:
- Neil Kermode, Managing Director
- Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
- John Griffiths, Technical & Compliance Director
- Eileen Linklater, Client Relationship & Marketing Manager
- Lisa MacKenzie, Marketing & Communications Officer
- Matthew Finn, Research & Project Coordinator
- Dave Wakefield, QHSE Manager
If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk. Otherwise, please pop past stand ORK40 in the Orkney pavilion in the Highlands & Islands area.
Speaking at All-Energy:
Wave & Tidal Seminar Theatre: Vessel study (Day 1 & 2, 1120-1130)
Aquatera will provide an update on the Performance Review of Maritime Support Services for Orkney. The Scottish Government funded project has explored and characterised the performance of Orkney-located vessels and associated services carrying out marine renewables operations.
Wave & Tidal Seminar Theatre: Technology quick-fire update (Day 1 & 2, 1200-1315)
Wave and tidal energy developers testing at EMEC will provide quick-fire presentations on overcoming technical challenges through real-sea testing. This will include talks from Aquamarine Power, Pelamis Wave Power and Wello Oy from the EMEC wave test site, and Nautricity, Open Hydro and Scotrenewables Tidal Power on the tidal test sites.
Wave & Tidal 4: Biting the bullet – finance and funding (Day 2, 1045-1230)
John Griffiths, EMEC Technical & Compliance Director, is speaking at this session alongside Andrew Smith (Renewable Energy Investment Fund), David Hytch (Technology Strategy Board), and Dan Pearson (Meygen). The session is being chaired by Janine Kellett (Scottish Government) with a keynote from John Callaghan (The Crown Estate).
Wave & Tidal 5: Tidal the way forward (Day 2, 1330-1500)
John is chairing this session, which will include talks from Scotrenewables Tidal Power, Tidal Stream and The Carbon Trust.
The full conference programme is available online: All-Energy 2014 conference programme
For further information on the conference visit: All-Energy 2014
As part of the Energy Day programme of EU Sustainable Energy Week, a public open day took place on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 to showcase the pioneering advancements that are taking place in marine renewables in Orkney.
EMEC, in partnership with Ocean Energy Europe, developed an exciting programme of events throughout the day, including opening up the main marine renewables sites around Orkney to visitors.
Press release: EMEC and Ocean Energy Europe join forces to bring Energy Day to Orkney
Blog: Video and photos from Orkney Ocean Energy Day 2014
Download the programme here:
Programme:
Morning seminar
(0900-1040, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall)
Featuring speakers from EMEC, technology developers, Scottish Development International, Ocean Energy Europe, and the European Commission the event will focus on how testing work in Orkney is conquering technical challenges and contributing to industry development, highlighting the pan-European successes and global potential of this exciting, innovative sector.
Marine renewables exhibition
(1040-1200, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall)
Exhibition with EMEC, technology developers and Orkney’s marine energy supply chain.
Hatston Pier, Kirkwall
(open to public 1200-1400)
Tidal energy developers will showcase their innovative machines on Hatston Pier. *
Lyness Pier, Hoy (CANCELLED)
Due to the changing nature of test plans for wave and tidal devices, it is common for machines to move on and off site regularly. As such, the Pelamis P2 machine which was expected to be at Lyness for viewing, will now in fact be at sea at EMEC’s Billia Croo wave test site instead.
Please note that the planned session with Lyness Pier open to the public between 1400 and 1600 will therefore no longer take place.*
EMEC Billia Croo wave test site, Stromness
(open to public 1600-1800)
A chance to see inside EMEC’s substation and get an overview of the wave test site from the shore, with staff available on site to answer your questions. *
Caldale substation, Eday, EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site
(open to public 1200-1700)
A chance to see inside EMEC’s substation with staff available on site to answer your questions.
If you have any queries or particular access requirements (e.g. wheelchair accessibility) please contact EMEC on the details above.
* marine energy devices on show will depend on developers schedules and the weather. Please check back for further details – the programme will be updated as arrangements are confirmed.
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EMEC’s Managing Director Neil Kermode is speaking at the 1st International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics in Aberdeen in July 2014.
Neil will speak alongside EMEC’s non-executive Research Director Ian Bryden in session 15: Marine Energy which will showcase exciting developments in a rapidly developing marine energy sector. Technology developers are operating in one of the most challenging domains known to humanity and are drawing upon cutting edge research demonstrating a close partnership between academia and industry.
For further information on the conference visit: 1st International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics
EMEC will be exhibiting at the Grand Renewable Energy (GRE) 2014 International Conference & Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, on 27th July to 1st August. The GRE Conference is being held jointly with the 2nd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC).
Oliver Wragg (Commercial Director) and Allan Davidson (Director Asia) will be attending the conference. If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk.
EMEC is exhibiting as part of SDI’s pavilion.
Allan is speaking in Session 2 – “Recent progress of ocean renewable energy” - on 28th July 2014. The final programme is yet to be published. Check out the conference webpages for updates.
For further information on the conference visit: GRE 2014 & AWTEC 2014
The annual marine renewables update at the Orkney International Science Festival will take place this Friday, 5th September, in the Orkney Arts Theatre, at 8.30pm.
The event – ‘Wave and tide: the year ahead’ – will provide an update on the work taking place at EMEC and throughout the marine renewables sector in Orkney. The programme will include talks on the following subjects:
- Welcome and introduction: Eileen Linklater, EMEC
- Orkney vessel project: Ian Johnstone, Aquatera
- Technology update: Joe Thompson, Pelamis Wave Power
- EMEC research and monitoring: Jenny Norris, EMEC
- Resource assessment: Adele Lidderdale, EMEC
- Wildlife observations: Caitlin Long, EMEC
- Acoustic monitoring: Michael Butler, EMEC
Opportunities for Q&A with our panellists will be available throughout the night, so please come along to find out more about the world-leading work that is taking place on your doorstep.
Tickets cost £4/£2 (adults/concessions).
For further information on other events EMEC is attending throughout the year, please visit: EMEC events calendar
