Blog: Movers and shakers at EMEC
It’s been all go here at EMEC lately with some new faces added to the team and a few internal job changes. Firstly, we’d like to extend the warmest of welcomes to our new Project Managers, Andy Shanks and Florence Ungaro. With a BSc in Ocean Science and Technology, Andy brings a wealth of experience Read More »
Blog: H2Orkney Surf’n’Turf on BBC Brainwaves
“Wouldn’t it be good if we could store the energy generated from renewables from one day to the next?” Our Managing Director, Neil Kermode, and Ian Garman of Community Energy Scotland, have featured on BBC Radio Scotland’s Brainwaves show. In this episode of Brainwaves, Pennie Latin explores recent developments in hydrogen, focusing particularly on Orkney’s Read More »
Blog: Neil Kermode on ICOE 2016
We can’t quite believe a month has passed since the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE). Our Managing Director Neil took some time following the conference to reflect on what was a very busy week us, and given the post-ICOE catch-up, it’s taken a little longer than usual to get this posted online: Wow! That Read More »
Blog: Smart power flows at the island edge
Ethnographer of Futures and Associate Professor at IT University of Copenhagen, Laura Watts, talks about her response to the UK National Infrastructure Commission’s vision for the future of the electricity grid in her guest blog. Laura Watts is visiting Orkney this week to launch ebban an’ flowan, the world’s first poetic primer to marine renewable Read More »
Press release: International WaTERS meet at ICOE 2016
Marine energy test centres from across Europe, the Americas and Asia continue discussions on common issues and standards The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has today [26 February 2016] hosted the third International WaTERS (Wave and Tidal Energy Research Sites) workshop. Nine countries were represented from around the globe including Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Read More »
Press release: EMEC seeks feedback from industry for P2-002
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is seeking ideas on future learning opportunities and R&D projects which may benefit from utilising the Pelamis P2-002 wave energy prototype. The P2-002 is a 750kW wave energy converter, developed by Pelamis Wave Power, and tested at EMEC’s Billia Croo wave test site by ScottishPower Renewables from 2012-2014. The Read More »
Press release: Tocardo sign up to test 20-year T2 tidal array at EMEC
Tocardo has signed up to demonstrate a 20 year pre-commercial array at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The contract was signed at the International Conference for Ocean Energy (ICOE) being held in Edinburgh this week. Tocardo plans to install eight T2 turbines across two Tocardo systems at EMEC’s grid-connected tidal test Read More »
Press release: Energy companies learn about Orkney’s marine energy credentials on ICOE day trip
Energy companies from across the globe visited Orkney yesterday (Monday 22nd February) and saw first hand why it is the location to test and demonstrate marine energy development projects. The first class wave and tidal conditions in Orkney have attracted marine energy developers for many years and particularly since the inception of the European Read More »
Press release: Horizon2020 grant €10m to Scotrenewables FloTEC project
The European Commission’s largest research and innovation programme, Horizon2020, has awarded a grant of €10 million (£7.75m) to advance the commercialisation of Scotrenewables’ floating tidal energy technology. The Floating Tidal Energy Commercialisation (FloTEC) project will demonstrate the potential for floating tidal systems to provide low-cost, high-value energy to the European grid mix. Scotland’s Energy Minister, Read More »
Press release: ORE Catapult and EMEC ‘TAP’ into marine technology development journey
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and EMEC launch Technology Assessment Process (TAP) to de-risk marine energy technology development EMEC are delighted to be collaborating with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult on the Technology Assessment Process (TAP), launched at the International Conference for Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Edinburgh today. TAP has been designed to support wave and tidal energy technology Read More »
