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 »
Blog: Eday Renewable Energy Day
As part of National Science and Engineering Week, Eday Heritage and Visitor Centre is holding a Renewable Energy Day this Saturday, 23rd March 2013. The aim of the day is to explain the science and engineering behind renewable energy technologies through a range of themed activities. The afternoon session (2pm – 4.30pm) is aimed at Read More »
Blog: EMEC kicks off 10th anniversary celebrations
This year marks EMEC’s 10th year in operation, and to recognise and celebrate the many achievements that have been made at our sites, and throughout the industry, we have various events and activities planned to take place during 2013. To kick this off, today we are launching our brand new 10th anniversary logos which you will Read More »
Blog: RenewableUK conference: what a week!
Neil Kermode reflects on the announcements that took place at the Renewable UK Conference last week: This week has been interesting because I have never had so many people congratulate me on something in which I have only played a bit part. The announcement by Fergus Ewing at the Renewable UK conference in Westminster of Read More »
