Blog: EMEC exhibiting at All-Energy 2013
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. Visit us at Stand K91 This year marks EMEC’s 10th birthday so please come along to our stand at K91 in the Orkney Pavilion to help us celebrate all the great Read More »
Blog: Neil reflects on significance of new pier at Hatston
A few weeks ago I was pleasantly, and mildly, surprised to be asked to open the extension to Hatston Pier by Councillor Jim Foubister. I joked about whether my wife needed to buy a new hat and whether I needed to get my hair done. (See the photos for how pointless that would have been Read More »
Blog: ICE Director General impressed by Orkney’s renewables foresight
The Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) visited Orkney last week, witnessing first-hand the leading role Orkney is playing in the development of marine renewable energy. Nick Baveystock, along with his colleague Sara Thiam, Regional Director of ICE Scotland, and Chris Young, Policy Manager – Scotland, visited various renewables and engineering projects Read More »
Blog: EMEC staff climbing day
EMEC staff and families were ‘shown the ropes’ of the new climbing wall at The Pickaquoy Centre on Saturday thanks to Orkney Climbing Club. Whilst perhaps a little daunting at first for those who hadn’t climbed before, it was a great afternoon learning climbing techniques and how to belay safely with everyone pushing themselves to Read More »
Blog: Bagging the ‘bruck’ at Billia Croo
Bruck, noun: Orcadian word for rubbish. Every year, Environmental Concern Orkney organises ‘Bag the Bruck’: an Orkney-wide event which sees over 600 local volunteers clean up around 100 sites across the county. As has become tradition, staff from EMEC and Aquamarine Power, along with friends and family, descended to Billia Croo on Saturday, where EMEC’s Read More »
Blog: Friends of the Earth interview Neil Kermode
Friends of the Earth have published a case study on Neil Kermode, our Managing Director, as part of their Clean British Energy campaign. This has been developed as part of a collection of case studies on people working in renewable energy sectors to show the breadth of jobs available in renewable energy. Check it out Read More »
Blog: EMEC launch new information leaflet
Established in Orkney in 2003, this year marks EMEC’s 10th anniversary. With test sites based throughout Orkney, EMEC is still the world’s only accredited, full-scale open-sea test facility for wave and tidal energy converters, and has supported the deployment of more grid connected devices in Orkney than at any other single site in the world. Read More »
Blog: New webpage – Industry Reports
We have launched a new page on our website today, compiling some of the numerous reports that have been produced on the wave and tidal energy industry. We’ve tried to keep it succinct yet comprehensive so as to provide a useful resource for those looking for the most up-to-date reports on marine renewables. The page Read More »
Guest blog: David Krohn, RenewableUK, reflects on his visit to EMEC
David Krohn, Wave and Tidal Energy Development Manager for RenewableUK, recently visited EMEC with his colleague Nick Medic, Director of Offshore Renewables. He reflects below on how valuable it was seeing all the activity taking place here up close and personal: “The scale of the devices is just enormous, as is the scale of the Read More »
Blog: ORECAT fact finding mission to Orkney
“It’s not until you get to see the activities and understand more directly the sheer enthusiasm for renewable energy on the island that it sinks in” Andrew Jamieson, Chief Executive of the newly established Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORECAT), visited EMEC earlier this week along with his colleagues David Currie and David Arnold. Whilst in Read More »
