Events calendar
September – November 2016
EMEC hosts an annual update as part of the Orkney International Science Festival. This years ‘Power from the Sea’ event will take place on 2nd September, 9-10pm in the Orkney Theatre in Kirkwall.
Our managing director Neil Kermode will lead the event which will provide an update on the latest developments in marine renewables in Orkney waters and the use of hydrogen for energy storage.
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EMEC is one of the three finalists in the “Blue Economy Business of the Year” category of the Blue Economy Business Awards 2016. The winner will be announced during the first summit of the Blue Economy Business and Science Forum taking place in Hamburg on 12-13 September 2016 at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg.
For further information, read our press release: EMEC shortlisted for Blue Economy Business Awards
Matthew Finn, EMEC’s Senior Business Development Manager, and Catrin Sutherland, EMEC’s Graduate Marine Officer, will be attending the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference on 13th September 2016 in Inverness.
If you would like to arrange a meeting, please email info@emec.org.uk or phone +44(0)1856 852060.
Programme
Matthew will speak in the ‘Optimising Tidal Technology’ session (Parallel 3B, 13:30-14:30), discussing the Surf ‘n’ Turf project. Chaired by Stuart Brown at FloWave, this session will focus on some of the key technology developments and initiatives in the tidal stream energy sector, and look at what we can learn from collaboration to help us commercialise and reduce costs. Andrew Scott of Scotrenewables Tidal Power is also lined up to provide an update on the technological progress of the SR2000.
The full programme for the conference is available here: SR Marine Conference Programme
About the SR Marine Conference
Scotland’s marine energy industry is on the cusp of breakthrough developments which will propel it towards commercialisation. But while we’ve taken huge strides forward with technology and projects, recent announcements regarding funding and Brexit have raised significant concerns about the future of these burgeoning industries.
Join Scottish Renewables at their Marine Conference to learn about developments within Scotland’s wave and tidal sectors and debate how we navigate the choppy waters now in-front of us.
Discover:
- Industry leaders’ priorities for the pivotal year ahead
- How Wave Energy Scotland is accelerating the development of wave energy technology
- How tidal developers and their supply chain are building the first tidal arrays
For further information, visit: SR Marine Conference
Green Hydrogen – Opportunities for the Orkney Islands
Thursday 22nd September 2016
19:30 – 21:00
Venue: Supper Room, Kirkwall Town Hall
You are invited to this public meeting in Kirkwall Town Hall to hear updates from partners in the European funded ‘BIG HIT’ project about their plans and the opportunities for using ‘green’ hydrogen produced from renewable energy in transport and heating. Speakers include:
- Orkney Islands Council – Councillor James Stockan
- Overview of ‘Green H2’ activities in Scotland – Nigel Holmes, SHFCA
- Eday renewable energy development – Neil Kermode, EMEC
- The Shapinsay perspective – Nic Thake, SDT
- Community and Local Energy opportunities – Mark Hull, CES
- Harbour & Ferries – David Hibbert, OIC
The speaker updates will take about an hour, and will be followed by an open question and answer session. Refreshments will be provided.
What is BIG HIT?
Illustration of the BIG HIT project
BIG HIT (Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory: a pilot for Europe) is a five-year project aimed at overcoming local grid constraints through the use of hydrogen.
With over 50MW of installed wind energy capacity generating over 46 GWh per year of renewable power, Orkney has been a net exporter of electricity since 2013. However at present many of the islands’ wind turbines are often ‘curtailed’ due to local grid capacity restrictions, losing on average more than 30% of their annual output.
The BIG HIT project will see energy from the community-owned wind turbines on the islands of Shapinsay and Eday, two of the islands in the Orkney archipelago, used to produce hydrogen. The otherwise curtailed capacity will be used to produce low carbon ‘green’ hydrogen and oxygen using a 1MW Polymer-Electrolyte-Membrane (PEM) electrolyser.
BIG HIT will enable the deployment of 10 electric vans, each fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell range extender, and the construction of a hydrogen refuelling station.
In order to demonstrate the potential scope hydrogen also has for heat uses in Orkney, BIG HIT will install two hydrogen-powered boilers at suitable premises to provide zero carbon heat.
For further details, see read: Press release - BIG HIT hydrogen to power Orkney transport and heating
Matthew Finn, EMEC’s Senior Business Development Manager, will be attending the 3rd Atlantic Stakeholder Conference in Dublin, 27 September 2016.
Workshop 1A – Marine test sites and demonstration areas: hubs to drive blue technologies into the market place.
Matthew will speak in Workshop 1A alongside Joaquín Hernández-Brito (Plocan), Ana Brito e Melo (WaVEC) and John Breslin (SmartBay Ireland).
This workshop will provide a match-making opportunity and a best-practice exchange framework among relevant stakeholders and experts of the North East Atlantic Regions. The aim is to highlight this challenge and propose short-, mid- and long-term solutions to speed up the introduction of these new technologies in the market.
Stuart Baird (Operations Director) and Oliver Wragg (Commercial Director) are attending the 3rd AWTEC (Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series) in Singapore (October 24 to 28, 2016).
If you would like to arrange a meeting, please email info@emec.org.uk or phone +44(0)1856 852060.
Programme
Tropical Marine Energy Workshop
Wednesday 26th October
13:45-15:15
In this session, Stuart will be presenting on EMEC’s integrated environmental monitoring. Other speakers will look at biofouling in the tropics and marine renewable R&D projects in Asia.
Technical Session 6.1: Test Sites and Arrays for Marine Renewables
Thursday 27th October
15:45-17:15
Oliver will be providing an update on activities at EMEC, with an overview of some new and exciting projects that we’re working on.
Roundtable Discussion: Prospects and Opportunities for Ocean Renewable Energy in Asia
Thursday 27th October
15:45-17:15
Stuart is taking part in the roundtable discussion on the prospects and opportunities for ocean renewable energy in Asia.
The full conference programme can be downloaded here: AWTEC 2016 programme
Nicolas Wallet, EMEC’s FORESEA Manager, is attending the Offshore Energy 2016 conference in Amsterdam, 25-26 October 2016.
If you would like to meet up with Nicolas at the event, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call 01856 852060.
Marine Energy Event
Wednesday 26th October 2016
13:00-17:00
Nicolas is presenting in the ‘R&D and testing’ session (13:30-15:00) discussing the progress being made in open-water testing at EMEC, as well as providing an update on some Dutch related projects including FORESEA, our new MET-Certified project, and the InToTidal project.
The full programme for the Marine Energy Event is available here: Marine Energy Event programme
For the full conference programme, click here: Offshore Energy 2016 conference programme
Nicolas Wallet, EMEC’s FORESEA Manager, will be attending the Offshore Energy conference in Amsterdam, 25-26 October 2016.
If you would like to meet with Nicolas at the event, please email info@emec.org.uk or call 01856 852060.
Marine Energy Event
Wednesday 26th October
13:00-17:00
Nicolas will be presenting in the Marine Energy Event in the ‘R&D and Testing’ session, 13:30-15:00. His presentation will look at the progress being made through open-water testing at EMEC.
The full programme for the Marine Energy Event is available here: Marine Energy Event
You’ll find the full conference programme here: Offshore Energy conference programme
EMEC is exhibiting at Ocean Energy Europe’s Conference and Exhibition 2016 (Brussels, 8-9 November 2016). You’ll find us on the SDI pavilion (stand 32) and on the FORESEA exhibition stand (stand 30A).
Attending Ocean Energy Europe 2016
- Neil Kermode, Managing Director
- Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
- Eileen Linklater, Client Relations and Marketing Manager
- Nic Wallet, FORESEA Manager
- Danielle Moodie, FORESEA Project Officer
If you would like to arrange a meeting, please email info@emec.org.uk or phone +44(0)1856 852060.
Programme
Oliver is chairing the ‘Tidal showcase’
Day 2: Wednesday 9 November
11:10 – 12:30
This session features some of the most advanced tidal energy technology the world has to offer, and examines the measures they are taking to stay ahead of the field in terms of cost, reliability and yield. Speakers include:
- Andrew Scott, CEO, Scotrenewables
- Hans van Breugel, CEO, Tocardo
- Jean-Christophe Allo, Business Development Manager, Sabella
- Heije Westberg, CTO, Minesto
The full programme for the conference is available here: Ocean Energy Europe 2016 Conference Programme
FORESEA
The €11m FORESEA project brings together Europe’s leading ocean energy test facilities to help demonstration of tidal, wave and offshore wind energy technologies in real-sea conditions. Led by EMEC, the FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) project will provide funding support to ocean energy technology developers to access Europe’s world-leading ocean energy test facilities.
The FORESEA consortium – EMEC, Ocean Energy Europe, SmartBay Ireland, SEM-REV and the Dutch Tidal Testing Centre – are hosting an exhibition stand at Ocean Energy Europe to provide further information and updates on this vital programme. Pop past for a chat, or contact nic.wallet@emec.org.uk or Danielle.moodie@emec.org.uk if you’d like to know more.
Announcement: The project will be announcing the awards from its first call for proposals during the conference. To mark the announcement, delegates are invited to join the FORESEA project at a Drinks Reception from 17:30 on Tuesday 8 November in the exhibition hall.
The FORESEA project is funded by the Interreg NWE (North-West Europe) programme, part of the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund).
Lisa MacKenzie, EMEC’s Marketing and Communications Officer, is in Chile next week attending the 2nd Workshop on Wave & Tidal Energy in Valdivia. Hosted by MERIC, the workshop is taking place 16-18 November.
If you would like to set up a meeting, please contact: info@emec.org.uk or call 01856 852060.
Programme
Lisa is speaking on Day 2 of the workshop discussing marine energy testing and demonstration at EMEC.
For the full programme, visit: detailed programme
