Press Release: Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd launch world’s largest tidal turbine
Orkney based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2MW SR2000, the world’s largest energy generating tidal turbine. The company, which is at the forefront of the floating tidal technology sector, launched the 550 tonne machine at Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd in Belfast on Thursday May 12th. This is the first commercial scale machine Read More »
Press release: BIG HIT hydrogen to power Orkney transport and heating
European pilot project: Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory (BIG HIT) Orkney has been chosen for the development of a new European-wide hydrogen project. BIG HIT (Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory: a pilot for Europe) is a five-year project aimed at overcoming local grid constraints. With over 50MW of installed Read More »
Press release: SME secures funding to begin array build out at EMEC
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has arranged a £4.5m funding package to commence the deployment of an array of its PLAT-O tidal energy systems at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. SME has conducted extensive testing of its first PLAT-O prototype in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, during 2014 & 2015. The Read More »
Blog: Sir David Mackay’s important legacy
Neil Kermode reflects on the untimely death of Sir David Mackay, the physicist and government scientific adviser who visited EMEC in 2010 and has left an important legacy in understanding climate change and renewable energy. It was a great shock to hear that Sir David MacKay, author of Sustainable Energy Without The Hot Air died last week at the age of Read More »
Blog: Bagging the Bruck at Billia Croo
Thanks to EMEC staff who headed out to Billia Croo yesterday on a fresh, bright Sunday morning to take part in Orkney’s annual beach clean up – Bag the Bruck. Organised by Outdoor Orkney, Bag the Bruck is a community initiative, set up to keep Orkney’s coastline beautiful, protect it’s wildlife and help the world’s Read More »
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 »
