Press release: Scotrenewables deploy advanced anchoring system at EMEC
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has completed the deployment of its advanced modular anchoring system at the European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney in preparation for the installation of its SR2000 2MW floating tidal turbine. The anchor deployment formed part of a novel tidal anchors project for floating technologies, which was carried out in partnership with McLaughlin & Read More »
Press release: CorPower Ocean sign up to test at EMEC
Swedish wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, have signed up to test their novel resonant wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The announcement follows CorPower’s success in Wave Energy Scotland’s (WES) power-take-off (PTO) call that, combined with funding from KIC InnoEnergy and the Swedish Energy Agency, completes a €6.5m Stage Read More »
Press release: ORCHIDS project to address ocean energy electrical infrastructure integrity
Fraunhofer UK, part of Europe’s largest application-oriented research organisation, has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop an innovative solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by the UK Government’s business innovation experts InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS project (Offshore Renewable energy Cable Read More »
Press release: ICIT studies solutions to biofouling of marine energy technologies at EMEC
The initial stages of a project looking at biofouling solutions for marine renewables has been completed by the International Centre of Island Technology (ICIT), in collaboration with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and Heriot-Watt’s Energy Academy. The project was focused on the development of a knowledge network enabling biofouling experts to work closely with Read More »
Blog: Atlantis Resources testing next generation tidal turbine power train with ORE Catapult
We’re delighted to see the progress Atlantis are making with their new AR1500 prototype, following the announcement that their next generation 1.5MW tidal turbine will undergo a six week test programme at the ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. This is an exciting year for the tidal energy industry, particularly with the activities Read More »
Blog: Turbulence in 2015 – EMEC end of year review
An old engineer I worked with had a sign above his desk that read: “When you are up to your backside in alligators it is sometimes hard to remind yourself you came here to drain the swamp” 2015 seems to have been a year with a lot of alligators. However we have always known that Read More »
Press release: Scotrenewables secures £5.7m to demonstrate world’s largest tidal turbine at EMEC
Orkney based Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd (SRTP) has been successful in securing a further £5.7m from investors to allow it to demonstrate the world’s largest tidal turbine. The company, which is at the forefront of the floating tidal turbine sector, is currently nearing the completion of the build of its SR2000 (2MW) system in the Read More »
Press release: Laminaria to demonstrate wave technology at EMEC
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed Flemish wave energy developer Laminaria to test its innovative wave energy converter at EMEC’s grid-connected wave test site at Billia Croo, off the west coast of Orkney, Scotland. The official signing took place today [Tuesday, 15 December 2015] in Edinburgh coinciding with a visit by the Minister-President Read More »
Press release: World’s first real-time integrated environmental monitoring system at EMEC
EMEC’s novel sub-sea monitoring system successfully deployed The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has successfully recovered its novel Integrated Monitoring Pod following months of transmitting real-time data feeds from the seabed at the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney, Scotland. The first of its kind pre-commercial prototype is connected to the shore Read More »
Blog: Integrated data collection in hostile environments
Since its official opening in 2007, the EMEC tidal test site has been home to 14 tidal turbines – more than any other site in the world – being tested by six of the world’s most pioneering technology development companies in the tidal energy field. Since the first ADCP (acoustic Doppler current profiler) drop in Read More »
