Blog: THETIS Convention, Cherbourg (9-10 April)
EMEC is exhibiting at the International Convention for Marine Renewable Energy (THETIS MRE) in Cherbourg, France on 9-10th April 2014. Oliver Wragg (Commercial Director) and Eileen Linklater (Client Relationship Manager) will be attending the event, and exhibiting as part of the SDI pavilion on stand B5 (download the floor plan here: THETIS exhibition floor plan). Read More »
Blog: SI Ocean launch Strategic Technology Agenda
The extent to which the wave and tidal energy sectors will meet their 2020 objectives will be in direct proportion to the political will to implement the right mechanisms for advancing existing technologies, reports a study by the SI Ocean project. The Wave & Tidal Energy Strategic Technology Agenda reports that the development of these Read More »
Press release: EMEC to study integrity of subsea cabling
The world leading European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, is to share learning on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. Funded by The Crown Estate, the project will see EMEC and Engineering Technology Applications Ltd (ETA) carry out Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas speaking at SR Annual Conference
EMEC’s Max Carcas will be speaking at the Scottish Renewables Annual Conference and Exhibition taking place next week, 18-19th March 2014 in Edinburgh. Max is speaking on Day 2 in the Finance Conference in the Wave and Tidal plenary (parallel 3B) alongside Cameron Johnston (Nautricity), Chris Stark (Scottish Government) and Ray Hunter (RES Offshore). Calum Davidson, Read More »
Blog: EMEC publishes guidance notes on underwater acoustic monitoring
In April 2013, EMEC facilitated an underwater acoustics workshop aimed at regulators of marine renewable energy activities and their statutory environmental advisors. The driver for the workshop was the need for a greater appreciation amongst regulators of the key aspects of underwater acoustic data gathering. Specifically: What should be measured; How should measurement be undertaken; Read More »
Blog: EMEC to host workshop to update marine renewables standards
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, will host a workshop on 25th March 2014 to review the existing suite of marine renewable energy standards (wave & tide) and identify areas where new standards require to be developed. The workshop is free to attend but places are limited Read More »
Blog: Missing the Boat?
This week Neil Kermode attended an Island Grid Summit in Stornoway convened by Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. Here he reflects on the grid issues we face: ‘Missing the Boat’ is a literal problem on a daily basis for many in Orkney. As an archipelago you are never far from the water and the coming Read More »
Press release: £4.8 million boost to marine energy sector
Scotland’s marine energy sector is to benefit from almost £5 million as the distribution of funding from two initiatives is to be announced by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing during the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference and Exhibition in Belfast today (Wednesday). Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Ewing said five marine energy innovation projects are Read More »
Press release: EMEC awarded MRCF funding to develop unique tidal energy monitoring system
The Scottish Government has awarded a share of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the further development of an integrated site characterisation and measurement platform for high energy marine environments. The support of the MRCF Array Technology Innovation Programme (ATIP) will enable EMEC to further develop, Read More »
Press release: Two new Directors appointed to Board of EMEC
Two prominent figures in the energy industry have been appointed to the Board of Europe’s leading marine energy testing facility. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, is the first and only centre of its kind in the world to provide developers of both wave and tidal energy converters – technologies that generate Read More »
