Events calendar
September – October 2017
EMEC is attending the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference & Exhibition, taking place in Inverness, Scotland, 12th-13th September 2017. The event is being held in association with Highlands & Islands Enterprise and Wave Energy Scotland.
Attending the event:
- Neil Kermode, Managing Director
- Caitlin Long, Project & Consents Officer
- Lisa MacKenzie, Marketing & Communications Manager
If you would like to set up a meeting, please contact: info@emec.org.uk | +44 (0) 1856 852060
Don’t miss:
Plenary 3: Innovating for Marine Energy Technologies
Day 1 | 16:30
Neil is chairing this session which will explore how the establishment of a competitive marine energy sector driven is being through innovative processes, technology and learning.
Parallel 5A: Consenting and the Environment
Day 2 | 10:45am
Caitlin is chairing this session which will discuss some often-unconsidered consenting challenges and explore cutting-edge environmental research.
The full programme is available on Scottish Renewables website and studded with EMEC’s clients and partners including: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, OpenHydro, Scotrenewables, Sustainable Marine Energy, and Wave Energy Scotland.
About SR Marine Conference
Scotland’s wave and tidal industries continue to break new ground in both technology and project development. While the sectors face challenges finding a route to market the publication of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy and the Scottish Government’s Energy Strategy provide new opportunities. Join us to debate these challenges and opportunities and learn about the cutting-edge developments helping build these industries of the future. This conference will look at the following questions:
- What does the Scottish Government’s Energy Strategy mean for wave and tidal?
- How can these sectors benefit from the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy?
- What are the innovations driving forward the wave energy sector?
- How are we building a tidal energy industry?
Why attend?
- Hear about the latest UK and Scottish Government policy
- Discuss, debate and influence the decisions which are being taken to benefit the sector
- Meet with others to network and share ideas
Who should attend?
The programme of speakers will bring together industry leaders, public sector representatives and investors to discuss the latest policy issues affecting wave and tidal energy in Scotland.
For more, visit: SR Marine Conference
Scottish Renewables contact: Lisa Russell | lrussell@scottishrenewables.com | +44 (0) 141 353 4986
Unfortunately EMEC is no longer available to attend this event, however Sandy Kerr at ICIT will be giving an update on EMEC’s behalf.
The trip is being organised by the Maritime Association Sogn og Fjordane, GCE Subsea and Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality. The three day event from 12th-14th September focuses on tidal, wave, wind power, maritime hydrogen technology and off grid energy systems.
The event will be a great opportunity to network and develop new projects together with Norweign and international partners.
The workshop aims to bring businesses, R&D institutions, public administration and educational institutions together to discuss potential projects and partnerships within reneweable energy, subsea and hydrogen technologies.
Speakers form Norway, Orkney Islands, USA and New Zealand are confirmed, and there will be a number of Norwegian, international and EU participants.
For the full programme, visit: Study and Business Collaboration Trip Programme.
EMEC’s Technical Manager, Elaine Buck, will be attending the 12th annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference on 13th-14th September 2017 in Portland, Oregon.
The conference provides attendees a forum to share new ideas and concepts, opportunity to learn from leading-edge practitioners and policy-makers, information about new research, results, and thinking, and the chance to network with industry leaders and experts from utilities, supply chain, investor, government, and academia. No conference does a better job of bridging national policies and regional implementation, with a real-world focus on accelerating project development.
NOT TO BE MISSED:
Thursday 14 September 2017 – 9.30am – 10.45am: PMEC SETS: Making the Most of a Regional Asset
Marine Hydrokinetic Track
The Pacific Marine Energy Center’s South Energy Test Site should be operational by 2020. Once complete, this facility will be an anchor asset for the region, attract wave energy companies to build, transport, deploy, operate, and decommission their respective technologies. The European Marine Energy Centre has been operational for several years, and represents a model that PMEC SETS and the Pacific Northwest can emulate. This panel will discuss PMEC SETS and how we can make the most of this opportunity.
Speakers:
- Gareth Davies, Managing Director, Aquatera
- Brian Polagye, co-Director, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
- Belinda Batten, Executive Associate Dean, College of Engineering,Formerly NNMREC Director
- Steve Dewitt, U.S. Department of Energy
- Elaine Buck, European Marine Energy Centre
For the full programme, visit: OWET Ocean Renewable Energy Conference Programme
Related news:
EMEC will be involved in the following aspects of this year’s Orkney International Science Festival:
Hydrogen for Orkney
13 September 2017, 11:30am – 12:30pm
A new European project to be launched later this month will bring ten hydrogen-powered vans to Orkney. The aim is to tackle grid constraints by turning surplus electricity into hydrogen for local transport, as Nigel Holmes of the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association and Jon Clipsham of EMEC explains, with the help of local participants.
The tides of Ushant
13 September 2017, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
The island of Ushant off the coast of Brittany now generates much of its own electricity from the fast tides. Denis Bredin sets the scene with pictures of the island and its beaches and lighthouses. Speakers from SABELLA and EDF describe the tidal power scheme.
This session will be chaired by EMEC’s Managing Director, Neil Kermode.
For further information on the science festival, visit: Orkney International Science Festival
The pioneering hydrogen project - Surf ‘n’ Turf – will be officially launched on 27 September 2017, in Kirkwall, Orkney. The event is being organised by Community Energy Scotland.
Orkney’s Hydrogen Future Seminar
Pickaquoy Centre | 1400 – 1530
Join us at the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall to hear more about:
- Renewable energy developments in Orkney
- The progress being made in the Surf ‘n’ Turf project
- Orkney’s hydrogen strategy.
Key note address from Scottish Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse.
For more information, contact: info@surfnturf.org.uk
EMEC’s FORESEA Project Manager, Nicolas Wallet is attending Our Ocean conference, 5th – 6th October in Malta
If you’d like to arrange a meeting with Nicolas at this event to discuss FORESEA funding for access to real-sea testing across North West Europe, please contact info@emec.org.uk or call +44 (0)1856 852060
EMEC are attending Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2017 in Amsterdam, 10 – 11 October 2017.
Attending Offshore Energy 2017:
- Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director
- Nicolas 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
Marine Energy Event | Day 2 | 11th October
Oliver is presenting in the ‘R&D and testing’ session (13.10- 13.50) discussing open water testing under FORESEA.
For the conference programme, click here: Offshore Energy Programme
Oliver Wragg, EMEC’S Commercial Director, will be at the European Marine Board’s Autumn Plenary on 18 November 2017 in Oranmore, Galway.
Oliver will be speaking at the event on 16:00 on an update on the current state of wave energy.
If you would like to set up a meeting, please contact: info@emec.org.uk | +44 (0) 1856 852060.
The MET- CERTIFIED project partners would like to invite you to attend a free workshop held in Nantes, France on Tuesday 24 October.
The workshop is designed to actively involve all stakeholders around certification, from banks and insurers to consenting authorities, technology developers, test facilities and certification bodies. During the workshop, experts will explain the system that is under development under the umbrella of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Stakeholders are invited to share their expectations and needs from the system.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The MET-CERTIFIED workshop has been established to gather feedback from the industry on what is required to reduce the risks of marine energy projects through certification. Therefore, the workshop encourages the participation of marine energy technology developers, supply chain companies, classification agencies, test laboratories, project developers, financiers and insurers. However, the workshop is open to all interested parties to attend.
EMEC’s Performance Test Engineer, Anna Southall, will be attending.
HOW TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST:
This workshop is free to attend, but registration is essential.
The workshop is organised as a side event of the Ocean Energy Europe Conference and Exhibition, in Nantes, France on 25 and 26 October, 2017. Please note that if you are attending OEE 2017, you can register for this workshop free-of-charge via the OEE website. If you are not attending OEE 2017, you can register via the MET-CERTIFIED website: www.met-certified.eu/events/registration/
For further details on the MET-Certified project, visit: www.met-certified.eu
EMEC is exhibiting at Ocean Energy Europe in Nantes, France, 25-26 October 2017. You’ll find us on the Scottish Development International Pavilion where we’ll be promoting some of the EU funded projects that we’re supporting, including: CEFOW, FloTEC, InToTidal, LAMWEC, Ocean_2G, and WaveBoost.
Attending OEE 2017
- Nic Wallet, FORESEA Programme Manager
- Lisa MacKenzie, Commercial and Marketing Manager
- Caitlin Long, Projects and Consents Officer
- Anna Southall, Performance Test Engineer
- Erica Mathers, Marketing Officer
If you would like to set up a meeting, please contact: info@emec.org.uk | +44 (0) 1856 852060
Speaking at OEE 2017
Wed 25th October | 14:00 – 15:30 | From oil & gas to data centres – which market opportunities?
Multi-MW offshore farms run by EU utilities model is one way to market. Yet ocean energy technologies are increasingly finding routes to market outside of this model. Can markets such as islands, hydrogen generation or storage/off-grid solutions offer higher returns today? Are PPAs with data centres, distilleries, O&G platforms, aquaculture a valid business model to bridge the gap to commercialisation?
Chair: Declan Meally, Head of Department – Emerging Sectors, SEAI
- John McGlynn | Sustainable Marine Energy | on the opportunities of off-grid power supply
- Lisa McKenzie | European Maritime Energy Centre | on using tidal energy to create hydrogen as a form of storage.
- Bohdi Sarkar | EC-OG | on using tidal turbines with batteries on autonomous environmental monitoring platforms and oil rigs.
- Reda Tidjani | Dell | on software for use in the marine environment.
The full conference programme is available to view online.
We look forward to seeing you there.
