Dave Wakefield, EMEC’s ETV Manager, is attending Sustainability Live 2015 at the NEC, Birmingham, on 21st-23rd April.

As a verification body for Environmental Technology Verification (ETV), EMEC is exhibiting at the event to raise awareness of the scheme alongside other UK verification bodies. You find us on Stand H11: Environmental Technology Verification Scheme (located in the NEMEX Energy Management Exhibition hall).

If you’d like to set up a meeting with Dave, or would like to hear more on EMEC-ETV, please contact ETV@emec.org.uk or call 01856 852060.

What is ETV?

Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is a tool to help innovative environmental technologies reach the market. The Statement of Verification delivered at the end of the ETV process can be used as evidence that the claims made about the innovation are both credible and scientifically sound. With proof of performance credibly assured, innovations can expect easier market access and/or a larger market share, and the technological risk is reduced for technology purchasers.

• Attract investment

• Increase your market share

• Differentiate from your competitors

Claims about the performance of innovative environmental technologies are verified by qualified third parties. EMEC is accredited to ISO 17020 and the EU ETV General Verification Protocol to perform verifications under the EU ETV Pilot Programme.

For more information about EMEC-ETV visit: Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)

EMEC is exhibiting at All-Energy 2015 at the SECC, Glasgow, on 6-7th May. Visit us on stand ORK12 in the Energy of Orkney pavilion in the Highlands & Islands area.

Attending All-Energy 2015

• Neil Kermode, Managing Director
• Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
• Matthew Finn, Senior Business Development Manager
• Eileen Linklater, Client Relationship & Marketing Manager
• Lisa MacKenzie, Marketing & Communication Officer
• Dave Wakefield, ETV Manager

If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk. Otherwise, please pop past stand ORK12 in the Orkney pavilion in the Highlands & Islands area.

Speaking at All-Energy 2015

Day 2: Thursday 7th May

• Real sea testing: powering marine energy R&D: Neil is speaking in Wave & Tidal Session 5 at 1330 alongside Professor Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh, and Katie Grace of the University of Strathclyde.
• The Great Debate: A question of scale – BIG v small: Neil is chairing The Great Debate at 1530 which will see Professor Peter Fraenkel propose ‘the BIG solution’, and Cameron Johnston of tidal turbine developer Nautricity propose ‘the small solution’ alongside Gareth Davies of Aquatera. This session will take the form of a classic debate. You will be asked to vote on the way into the conference hall. Our two proposers will then put forward their position by means of presentations; our seconders will give short supporting speeches. We want you to come prepared with plenty of questions to fire at them to tease out interesting answers. The four participants will then be asked to put forward closing remarks and a second vote will be taken. Which way will it go? You need to be there to find out!

The full conference programme can be accessed online: All-Energy 2015 conference programme

Wave & Tidal Seminar Theatre

EMEC is hosting a lunchtime session beginning at 1200 within the Wave & Tidal Seminar Theatre (situated between the Orkney and HIE areas within the exhibition hall). This session will comprise a series of quick-fire 5 minute updates from EMEC and our technology developers:

• EMEC-ETV competition: John Griffiths, EMEC Technical/Compliance Director
• O&M software: Susannah Brown, Marine Renewables Business Strategist, JBA Consulting
• Integrated monitoring platform: Matthew Finn, EMEC Senior Business Development Manager
• Hydrogen for tidal power: Neil Kermode, EMEC Managing Director
• Aquamarine Power: Neil Davidson, Public Affairs Manager
• Alstom: Alex Alliston, Commercial Manager
• Bluewater: Joe Hulm, Senior Marker Developer
• Nautricity: Robbie Macdonald, Project Engineer
• OpenHydro: Garrett Connell, Development Projects Manager
• Scotrenewables Tidal Power: James Murray, Business Development Manager
• Sustainable Marine Energy: Christoph Harwood, Commercial Director
• Wello Oy: Aki Luukkainen, Chief Executive Officer

The full programme for the Quick Fire Seminars can be downloaded online: All-Energy 2015 conference programme

EMEC-ETV

Accredited to ISO 17020, EMEC became a Verification Body for Environmental Technology Verification (EMEC-ETV) in 2014. The ETV scheme helps innovative technologies reach the market by verifying the specific performance parameters of a given technology, and can help small and medium-sized businesses attract investment, increase market share and differentiate from competitors. EMEC can verify the performance of technologies which present an environmental benefit in the wave, tidal and wind energy sectors, as well as technologies that focus on water treatment & monitoring, and materials, waste & resources.

• Attract investment

• Increase market share

• Differentiate from your competitors

EMEC will be announcing some exciting news regarding EMEC-ETV at All-Energy so watch this space!

For further information on the conference visit: All-Energy 2015

EMEC is exhibiting as part of Scotland pavilion (Stand C34), hosted by Scottish Development International, at the International Convention for Marine Renewable Energy (THETIS MRE) in Nantes, France on 20-21st May 2015.

Attending THETIS

• Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
• Elaine Buck, Technical Business Development Manager

If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk.

Speaking at THETIS

Innovation: R&D, Test Sites, education & training
Thursday 21st May 2015: 0915-1015

EMEC’s Commercial Director, Oliver Wragg, is speaking in this session which looks at the role of R&D and test centres in the development of marine renewable energy. Speakers include:

• Alain Clément – ECN (Ecole centrale de Nantes)
• Jean-Yves Pradillon – ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure Techniques Avancées)
• Stéphane Riou – PMBA (Pole Mer Bretagne Atlantique)
• Oliver Wragg – EMEC (European Marine Energy Centre)
• Stuart Brown – Flowave

The full conference programme is available online: THETIS Conferences & Workshops

About THETIS

The international convention THETIS MRE was created in 2011 to meet the expectations of players involved in this burgeoning sector, to gather and share experiences and to promote the development of marine renewable energies as a source of blue economic growth.

THETIS MRE aims to:

• Provide services dedicated to marine renewable energy and supporting business development;
• Gather regional and public institutions around this industrial challenge;
• Gather political actors and other stakeholders to promote the role of MRE within the transition energy policy.

For further information on THETIS MRE, visit: THETIS MRE

For further information on other events EMEC is attending throughout the year, please visit: EMEC events calendar

Neil Kermode, EMEC Managing Director, is speaking at the 18th International Conference on Ships and Shipping Research in Lecco, Italy, on 24-26 June 2015.

Background

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is working with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to foster industry knowledge sharing around components that have failed in real-sea conditions and the reasons why. From this, a database of component information will be built to be used by the offshore renewables supply chain, technology and project developers.

Knowledge Exchange Workshop

A Knowledge Exchange Workshop will be held on Wednesday 1st July 2015 at AFRC (Advanced Forming Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, 85 Inchinnan Drive, Inchinnan, Renfrew, PA4 9LJ).

The main output from the workshop will be a final schedule of components which have been exposed to testing in real-sea conditions and would benefit from analytical testing to inform how they performed. This schedule will then be used to input into the testing phase of the project.

The key aims of the workshop will be to:

• Identify potential components suitable for testing under the project;
• Discuss and share experiences of real-sea testing of components;
• Outline the opportunities and benefits to be gained from testing and analysing components, in order to better understand component material choices, extend their life, and thereby reducing life cycle cost of renewable technology and energy cost;
• Demonstrate how other industries are utilising testing services to support development of components;
• Provide an overview of root-cause-analysis, from compliance with quality standards through to detailed metallurgical evaluation;
• Describe the services and facilities that are available to support problem resolution and preventative approaches.

The workshop will be hosted and run by the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (ARFC), a leading centre for manufacturing research and development. AFRC is equipped with full scale manufacturing facilities, laboratories and resource expertise to support post testing component evaluation. Workshop sessions will explore the reasons why some components perform well over the full life of a product, while others either fail or degrade in service. We will also discuss commonly occurring reasons for failure in service, corrective actions that can be put in place and diagnostic approaches which can be used to identify the root cause of failure and avoid issues in service. By attending the workshop you will gain a unique opportunity to explore and discuss marine energy components with colleagues from other companies, and with expert Material Scientists and Manufacturing Engineers.

Register

To register your interest in attending the Knowledge Exchange Workshop, email david.cowan@emec.org.uk.

If you have any components that you would like to be considered for testing under the project, please email david.cowan@emec.org.uk and provide full details of components using the headings below:

• Type of component
• Description of component
• Level/duration of any sea-testing undertaken to date
• Any issues found that you would like tested
• Nominated workshop attendee

Please get in touch if you require any further information regarding the project at this stage.

Related press releases:

• February 2015: ORE Catapult, EMEC and AFRC join forces to improve marine component reliability
• March 2015: Free component testing for marine renewables

Neil Kermode will be attending the Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES 2015) in Edinburgh on 2 July 2015.

Neil is chairing the ‘energy storage technologies’ session at 1140, and is speaking in the ‘energy storage and marine energy’ session with his presentation ’tidal energy generation in a constrained grid: EMEC’s hydrogen project’.

The full conference programme is available here.

A series of events during September will highlight Orkney’s pioneering role in creating a new use for power harnessed from the wind and tides. These events offer you the chance to discover more about the ‘Surf and Turf’ project, which involves generating hydrogen fuel using wind and tidal energy – and then using the fuel to provide electricity for ferries when tied up in harbour.

Programme:

Orkney International Science Festival: “Hydrogen for Orkney Power”
Friday 4th September 2015
9-10pm
Kirkwall Town Hall

Hosted by EMEC, this session will provide an overview of EMEC’s electrolyser and the Surf and Turf project with an opportunity for audience Q&A. EMEC’s Managing Director Neil Kermode and Kris Hyde from ITM Power, will discuss how power generated by tidal and wind turbines will produce hydrogen to overcome some of the grid constraints faced by Eday.

Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA) workshop
Thursday 24th September 2015
1.15-5pm
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
Registration essential: email office@oref.co.uk.

This workshop will give practical examples of where hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and products are being deployed as well as highlighting some of the emerging opportunity areas for the wider use of hydrogen produced from renewables in heat and transport. The event will be highly interactive, with opportunities to meet experts in this area, and to discuss the use of hydrogen and fuel cell systems in Orkney.

The workshop is free to attend, but registration is required as spaces are limited. Contact office@oref.co.uk to register your interest in this event.

For further information, visit: Orkney Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Opportunities Workshop

H2Shapinsay: Update on BIG HIT and Wind2Agri projects
Thursday 24th September 2015
7.30-9.30pm
Shapinsay Community Centre

The aim of this evening event will be to update Shapinsay residents, as well as any other interested parties, on the two possible H2 projects which are currently being planned: BIG HIT and Wind2Agri.

Public drop-in session
Friday 25th September 2015
3-8pm
Kirkwall Town Hall
Scheduled presentations at 4.30 and 6pm.

Come along and ask the experts about hydrogen, EMEC’s electrolyser, and the Surf ‘n’ Turf project. EMEC’s Neil Kermode and Kris Hyde, from ITM Power, will be providing short presentations on the hydrogen projects planned for Orkney at 4.30 and 6pm, and hydrogen generation demonstrations will take place throughout the event.

EMEC will be attending the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) in Nantes, France on 6-11th September 2015.

Attending EWTEC 2015:

• Matthew Finn, Senior Business Development Manager
• Elaine Buck, Technical Business Development Manager
• David Cowan, Project & Consents Manager
• Caitlin Long, Wildlife Data Analysis Project Officer

If you’d like to set up a meeting please contact info@emec.org.uk.

Speaking at EWTEC 2015:

Caitlin will provide an update entitled “A methodology to assess displacement effects on key wildlife species arising from marine energy conversion systems using onshore observation data” in session 10A4: Environment impact and appraisal.

For more details on the programme, visit: EWTEC 2015 programme

About EWTEC 2015

The European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) series are international, technical and scientific conferences, focussed on ocean renewable energy and widely respected for their commitment to maintain high standards in the quality of academic and industrial contributions to their proceedings.

For further information, visit: EWTEC 2015

EMEC will be attending the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference & Exhibition in Inverness on 15-16 September 2015.

Attending the conference:

• Andrew Mill, Chairman
• Neil Kermode, Managing Director
• Elaine Buck, Technical Business Development Manager

If you would like to set up a meeting, please contact: info@emec.org.uk

Don’t miss:

Plenary 4: Charting the course to commercialisation
Day 2: 0930-1030

With industry groups calling for the development of a new, UK-wide, clear and consistent 2030 vision for the sector, this session will explore what that should look like with our panel of experts. Is it time for an industrial strategy and what are the implications of the outcome of the 2015 General Election for the sector?

Chair:
Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager – Offshore Renewables, Scottish Renewables

Speakers:
Janine Kellett, Head of Offshore Renewables Policy Team, Scottish Government
Neil Kermode, Managing Director, EMEC
Dan Pearson, Chief Executive Officer, MeyGen Ltd
Adam Norris, Investor in Wavepower
Richard Yemm, Director, Quoceant

Plenary 5A & 5B: Focus on Wave & Tidal
Day 2: 1100-1200

For the full conference programme, visit: Scottish Renewables Marine Conference Programme