Blog: Focused review of marine energy at Ocean Business 2015
A ‘Special Session on Marine Renewable Energy’ looking to review the contribution of the NERC–DEFRA funded research and knowledge exchange programmes is taking place in Southampton next week as part of the Ocean Business 2015 conference. Our Research Director, Jennifer Norris, will be attending the conference taking place at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, Read More »
Press release: EMEC strengthens ties with Japan
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has become a member of the Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association (NaMICPA), a non-profit organisation, to help support the development of marine renewables in Japan and stimulate further collaboration between the two countries. Oliver Wragg, EMEC’s Commercial Director, signed up to the association during a marine energy trade Read More »
Press release: UK ETV verification bodies join forces to help innovative technologies reach the market
The UK’s Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) bodies are collaborating at the leading conference and exhibition for innovative energy and sustainability management in the UK. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will join BRE Global, WRc plc, and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) at Sustainability Live in Birmingham on 21-23 April 2015 with a mission to Read More »
Blog: Don’t miss Wave Energy Scotland’s webinar tomorrow
Wave Energy Scotland is holding a webinar tomorrow, Tuesday 31st March, at 0930 to provide details on their first project call for power take-off systems. During the free live webinar you will have the opportunity to ask questions and hear first-hand about the types of projects that may be supported through this initial £7m fund. Read More »
Blog: WATERS fund provides £3.7m for testing marine energy prototypes
Scotland’s marine energy sector has benefited from WATERS funding of almost £3.7million to further test and develop new marine energy prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Awards have been made to three companies – Albatern, Nova Innovation and Sustainable Marine Energy – to support total project costs of £7million for the development of new wave Read More »
Press release: Free component testing for marine renewables
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, is offering free component testing to support the development of wave and tidal energy converters. Aimed at marine energy developers, component manufacturers and other supply chain companies, the component testing project was launched last month as a means for the Read More »
Press release: Joint Industry Programme set for Ocean Energy
The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and Welsh Government have announced they will be funding Aquatera Ltd and their delivery partners MarineSpace and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to run a secretariat function for the new Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy. Building upon the successful model developed by the ORJIP for Read More »
Blog: Wave Energy Scotland launches £7m wave energy innovation call
Scotland’s new wave energy technology development body, Wave Energy Scotland (WES), has launched a £7m innovation call for the development of technology that can accelerate the progress of Power Take-Off (PTO) Systems in the wave energy industry. This is the first open competition call of five that will be launched over the coming months by Read More »
Press release: Nautricity secures grid-connected test berth at EMEC
Scottish tidal turbine developer Nautricity has secured a grid connected tidal test berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), following successful sea trials at EMEC’s non-grid connected site last year. In 2014, Nautricity tested its CoRMaT tidal energy converter and Hydrobuoy mooring system at EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site gaining experience of operating in Read More »
Press release: ORE Catapult, EMEC and AFRC join forces to improve marine component reliability
Three of the UK’s leading technology innovation, research and testing centres are working together on a joint project to test and analyse components in wave and tidal devices, to better understand issues around component reliability, improve performance and ultimately reduce the cost of marine energy. The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is working with the Read More »
