Blog: Rémi Gruet appointed CEO of Ocean Energy Europe
Congratulations to Rémi Gruet who has been appointed CEO of Ocean Energy Europe. He succeeds Dr Sian George, who was appointed to oversee the reinvention of the association as Ocean Energy Europe in 2012. Dr George, who stepped down as CEO on the 1st January 2015, will continue to serve as an advisor to the Read More »
Blog: EU test sites to update at the Atlantic Stakeholder Conference in Portugal
EMEC is hosting a session at the Atlantic Stakeholder Conference in Porto, Portugal next week (Tuesday 20th January 2015). Bringing the key players from European open-water ocean energy test sites together, the session will identify key issues of common interest across marine energy test sites, and share information to enable lessons to be learnt to Read More »
Press release: Orkney’s marine energy industry focus of Japanese visit
Orkney’s marine energy industry has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, toured the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness at the weekend to learn more about Orkney’s role at the forefront of the global wave Read More »
Blog: Orkney marine renewables showcased on China Central Television
Orkney’s marine renewables industry has been showcased on Chinese national television to an estimated audience of up to 1.6 billion people. In December 2014, a team from China Central Television (CCTV) visited Orkney for a report on the Meygen project and marine renewables more generally. Whilst it is mostly in Chinese, you’ll spot a few Read More »
Weather warning: Data warning
Wild weather is heading our way with winds of up to 100mph forecast tonight and into the weekend. With wild winds come wild waves, so keep an eye on our live wave data feeds on our website to see what’s happening at our wave test site at Billia Croo on the west coast of Orkney. Read More »
Blog: The peaks and troughs of 2014
Last year I finished my message saying “2014 will bring more challenges and I know we will rise to meet them”. Well the challenges came, we met most of them and some of them are just coming at us now, right at the year’s end. As I write this we are still riding out ripples Read More »
Blog: North Sea Systems complete CableFish trials
North Sea Systems recently completed EMEC trials of their CableFish® survey system for touchdown monitoring and cable route survey. CableFish® is designed to undertake these operations cost-effectively and accurately using a survey platform that rides down the cable to the touch-down point. During four days of tests from Leask Marine’s C-Odyssey Vessel, the system’s operation Read More »
Press release: Magallanes successfully install floating tidal turbine at EMEC
Spanish tidal turbine company Magallanes has successfully deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), supported by the EU-funded Marinet project. The 1:10 scale ‘ATIR’ prototype was installed on EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site. Magallanes has been developing their concept since 2007, already having trialled previous prototypes in test tank and river Read More »
Press release: Funding welcomed for wind-and-tidal initiative
An Orkney-based project to develop an innovative use of renewable energy generated on land and at sea has secured funding support from the Scottish Government. The Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Local Energy Challenge Fund has awarded just under £30,000 to the Orkney Surf and Turf initiative. The project brings together four partners – Read More »
Press release: EMEC offers subsidised verification services via EU-ETV
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd is helping bring new low-carbon technologies to market. EMEC has been approved as an assessor under the EU’s Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) scheme and will be checking claims about the performance of innovative environmental technologies. Building on its reputation as a test site, EMEC will issue a Statement Read More »
