Blog: New addition to EMEC team
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Danielle Moodie, who recently joined the Commercial/Administration Team at EMEC. Taking on the role of Administration Assistant while Frances Flett is on maternity leave, Danielle will support the Administrator and other staff members by providing key administrative services to the organisation, as well providing ‘front of Read More »
Blog: Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park information days
Public information days are being held in Caithness and Orkney next 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: Neil Kermode reflects on the importance of investing in infrastructure
The visit to EMEC last weekend by Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, underlined the welcome change that is going on in the UK. At last the nation seems to be reawakening to the importance of infrastructure. As a Civil Engineer I have always Read More »
Blog: High profile visitors from near and far
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable was in Orkney at the weekend where he met with EMEC Managing Director Neil Kermode, MP Alistair Carmichael, various technology developers and associated supply chain companies at the EMEC offices in Stromness, followed by a visit to the Billia Croo wave test site. The group explained the progress that had been made Read More »
Blog: ICOE 2012 update
Eileen Linklater and Lisa MacKenzie from EMEC’s commercial team attended the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) held in Dublin last week. This was a brilliant opportunity to catch up with clients and industry stakeholders, as well as hear about the many advancements in marine renewables taking place across the globe. Eileen’s presentation on EMEC: Read More »
Blog: Renewable Energy Investment Fund announced
Wave and tidal energy projects are among priorities for the £103 million Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF) announced by the First Minster at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference in Edinburgh today. The fund is geared to stimulate greater levels of private finance into innovative renewable energy projects in Scotland, to ensure Scotland remains at Read More »
Blog: EMEC at ICOE 2012 (17-19 Oct 2012, Dublin)
Eileen Linklater and Lisa MacKenzie are attending the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE 2012) taking place in Dublin next week, 17–19 October. Eileen Linklater, EMEC’s Client Relationship and Marketing Manager, is speaking at the event providing an update on the learning that has been gained through supporting the deployment of more marine energy devices Read More »
Blog: EMEC nominated for Best Renewable Energy (Offshore) Award
EMEC has been nominated for the ‘Best Renewable Energy Award – Offshore’ at the Energy North Awards 2012. The winners will be announced this Friday (October 12th) at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness. Now in their second year, the awards will celebrate the contribution businesses and individuals have made to developing the energy industry in the Read More »
Blog: EMEC to feature on Radio 4′s Costing the Earth
Radio 4’s Costing the Earth team were in Orkney last week recording for an upcoming programme on marine energy. EMEC Research Director Jennifer Norris provided the show’s Presenter Tom Heap and Producer Alasdair Cross a tour of the wave test site at Billia Croo and the EMEC wildlife observations station at the Black Craig (pictured Read More »
Blog: Alstom to acquire TGL
Alstom has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to acquire Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Plc, specialised in the design and manufacture of tidal stream turbines. Alstom’s acquisition of TGL is expected to be completed within the next few months, subject to closing conditions. For further details, visit the Alstom press Read More »
