Blog: WWF commend Orkney’s steps towards a sustainable future
We’ve just come across this interesting article – Orkney brown crabs could lead us all to clean, green marine energy – published on Herald Scotland. In it, Lang Banks, Director of WWF Scotland, expresses his admiration for two “ground-breaking initiatives” taking place here in Orkney. “I think it is pretty amazing to think that a Read More »
Blog: Billia Croo bustling with activity
As we celebrate our 10th birthday here at EMEC there is another important anniversary worth noting. That is the anniversary of the first electricity to be fed into the grid at the EMEC wave test site; a momentous occasion that also marked the first generation into an onshore grid network from an Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas clarifies Pentland Firth power potential
Last month the Royal Society issued a report called “The available power from tidal stream turbines in the Pentland Firth”. It was claimed that this paper was the first to make a robust estimate of the maximum power that could be generated from the Pentland Firth after taking into account the effect multiple arrays of Read More »
Blog: Ocean Renewable Energy Conference (25-26 Sept 2013, Oregon)
The future of clean, renewable ocean wave energy will be discussed in depth at the Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, held in Astoria, Oregon this year. This is the eighth annual ocean energy conference presented by Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET). “Community and Industry: Collaboration, Innovation and Opportunity” is the theme of this year’s conference. With Read More »
Blog: Introducing our new Acoustic Engineer
We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our Research and Consents Team, Michael Butler, who has recently taken on the newly created role of Acoustic Engineer. Michael’s primary role is to further develop EMEC’s acoustic surveying capabilities with support from bioacoustic researchers at Loughborough University. Originally from the far end of the country, Read More »
Blog: Unprecedented tidal energy activity at Hatston Pier
At no other site in the world would you find such an array of tidal energy devices. The newly extended pier has been utilised by five tidal energy developers in recent weeks – Alstom Hydro, ANDRITZ Hydro Hammerfest, OpenHydro, Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd, and Voith Hydro – with four devices currently at the quay. In Read More »
Blog: EMEC sponsoring Snipe Sailing Championships
The UK Snipe Nationals are taking place in Orkney this weekend with 12 of the UK’s top Snipe sailing teams having travelled from as far afield as the south of England to compete. This is the first time that the championships have taken place in Scotland. As principal sponsor of the event, EMEC has provided Read More »
Blog: EMEC team race success
EMEC Engineering Technician Chris Casely reports on EMEC’s participation in the multi-terrain adventure race, the Ythan challenge: Max Carcas, Graeme Busfield, Chris Casely, Morna Brown, Neil Brown, Jenny Norris, Keith Dampney and Donald Sinclair took part in the race on Sunday 16 June. Weather was superb, if even a little hot! It was an incredibly Read More »
Blog: Max Carcas interview with SETIS
Max recently spoke with the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS). The interview is available below. Ocean energy’s contribution to the overall EU energy mix is currently quite small; do you see any potential to significantly increase this share in the near future? Yes, although it would be unreasonable to expect ocean energy Read More »
Blog: All Energy – Wave and Tidal Seminar Theatre Lineup
This week we will be exhibiting and speaking at All-Energy 2013, taking place on 22nd and 23rd May 2013 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. New Wave and Tidal Seminar Theatre For the first time this year All-Energy have introduced a new theatre within the Orkney and HIE pavilion focusing on wave and tidal Read More »
