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 »
Blog: EMEC staff kayaking day
EMEC staff and families were treated to an exciting kayaking taster session on Saturday. After getting to grips with a few key skills at the Hatston slip – paddling in a straight line is a lot harder than it looks – we went on a small expedition to Hatston Pier. We had the brilliant, if Read More »
Blog: Scottish marine mission to Canada
EMEC’s Research Director, Jennifer Norris, was in Canada last week as part of a marine mission focusing on international opportunities for organisations operating in the marine energy industry. Organised by The Canadian High Commission to the UK, Scottish Development International and the British High Commission in Canada, the mission included various site visits, networking sessions, Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables: A powerful tide
Calum Davidson, Director of Energy and Low Carbon for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, provides a good round up of Scotland’s marine renewables activities and achievements in Holyrood Renewables. He also discusses the significance of the Marine Energy Park status given to the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area. The article is available to read in Read More »
Blog: Engineering opportunities in the marine renewables sector
Neil Kermode was recently interviewed by Ellie Zolfagharifard from The Engineer magazine regarding career opportunities in the marine renewable sector. The article is available to read online at The Engineer.
Blog: MARINET – 2nd call closing on Sept. 30th
Less than two weeks remain to apply for access to the MARINET 2nd call for transnational access, offering companies and research groups the opportunity to access EMEC’s world-class scale wave and tidal energy test facilities free of charge. The initiative covers the facility costs of a group from one country using a facility located in Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables Magazine: Ready, Steady, Go?
We have come across this interesting article by Richard Yemm highlighting the many challenges still facing the wave and tidal energy industry. The article is available to read on Holyrood Magazine’s website, entitled Ready, Steady Go?
Blog: Scottish Renewables Marine Conference (18-19 Sept 2012, Inverness)
Neil Kermode and Eileen Linklater are attending the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference taking place in Inverness next week (18th and 19th September 2012). Neil is sitting on the panel for the Technology – Learning, Volume and Optimisation session at 14:45 on Day 1, and will chair the Speed Update on Projects and Technologies, featuring a Read More »
Blog: Holyrood Renewables Magazine: Blimey, that’s interesting
Article as printed in Holyrood Renewables, published September 11, 2012 Go to any oil town in the world, there’ll be somebody from Aberdeen there, doing business, making money and bringing wealth back to Scotland – in the future, reports Dave Flanagan, you’ll go to ‘marine towns’ and there’ll be a link back to Orkney “Wave Read More »
