Blog: Alstom finalise TGL acquisition as 1MW turbine is deployed at EMEC
Alstom has completed the acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) from Rolls-Royce plc. In September 2012, Alstom announced that it had agreed to acquire TGL, which specialises in the design and manufacturing of tidal stream turbines, subject to the achievement of critical milestones including the successful installation of the 1MW tidal turbine at the European Read More »
Blog: Executive Magazine features Neil Kermode
Our Managing Director Neil Kermode stars in the cover story of this month’s Executive Magazine. Neil reflects on how he ended up in Orkney running the world’s leading marine energy test centre, and discusses the positive effect the industry is having locally. “The boost that Orkney and the rest of the Highlands and Islands are Read More »
Blog: Crown Estate to invest £20m in marine energy
The organisation which controls property rights over most of the seabed around the UK’s coast, has announced this week that it is to invest up to £20 million to help develop marine energy projects in the UK. The Crown Estate are looking to invest in two wave and/or tidal energy demonstration arrays. To be eligible Read More »
Blog: Royal Society: New research in tidal current energy
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Journal have dedicated an entire Theme Issue to tidal energy: ‘New research in tidal current energy’. The issue compiles a number of papers highlighting not only the huge potential of tidal energy, but also the significant progress that has been achieved in tidal energy developments in recent years. Read More »
Blog: Marine Scientist: Environmental interactions with marine renewable energy
Check out the article below by Dr Anne Linley from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), who attended the EIMR (Environmental Interactions with Marine Renewables) conference in Orkney in May 2012. She discusses the importance of Orkney’s role in the development of the marine renewables industry, and the findings so far regarding environmental interactions with marine renewable Read More »
Blog: Another record year for EMEC
Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre has never been higher as the pioneering Orkney based facility gears up for its tenth anniversary year. All 14 of EMEC’s test berths – at its Billia Croo and Fall of Warness wave and tidal sites – are now contracted Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables: End the uncertainty
I’ve just read the article written by Calum Davidson of Highlands and Islands Enterprise in Holyrood Renewables magazine: ‘End the uncertainty’. In it he describes one of the major barriers presently facing the development of the marine energy industry – the cost of connecting to and using the grid. In Orkney, and other peripheral islands Read More »
Blog: Congratulations to Scotrenewables on £7.6m foreign investment
First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed the announcement that Orkney-based Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited have finalised details of a package of foreign investment worth £7.6 million. The total investment package will fund the design, construction, installation and testing of the next generation commercial-scale Scotrenewables tidal turbine, known as the SR2000. Attracting such investment to Scotland Read More »
Blog: PFOW Marine Energy Park info days
Public information days are being held in Caithness and Orkney this week to provide an update to the public on the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters wave and tidal energy projects. EMEC will be present at both events joining various organisations from the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Leadership Forum, as well as project developers Read More »
Blog: EMEC sponsor Stromness Swimming Club Championships
Congratulations to all the winners and runners up at the Stromness Amateur Swimming Club’s 52nd Annual Club Championships. The event, sponsored by EMEC, took place over the weekend (24th/25th November 2012). The winning team at the end of the gala were the Dolphins with 437.5 points, with runners up – The Sharks – earning a Read More »
