Press release: Reliability in a Sea of Risk: developing a reliability testing culture for ocean energy
Three of the leading European research and testing sites embark on development of a methodology to improve reliability in marine energy converters Scotland’s European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is working with the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden to improve reliability testing, with the aim of building robustness Read More »
EMEC gearing up for busy week at ICOE 2016
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is a proud supporter of the 6th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) taking place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre next week (23-25 February 2016). EMEC is exhibiting on stand 95 at ICOE, with a plethora of activities planned throughout the week. Monday 22 February Orkney day trip: Read More »
Press release: Whitford testing high-performance coatings at EMEC
The UK’s leading coating manufacturer Whitford Ltd are working with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd to test various high-performance coatings within the harsh oceanic conditions in Orkney. The long-term project will analyse existing and developmental coating products to assess their suitability for applications within the marine renewables industry, as well as for other Read More »
Press release: Scotrenewables deploy advanced anchoring system at EMEC
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has completed the deployment of its advanced modular anchoring system at the European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney in preparation for the installation of its SR2000 2MW floating tidal turbine. The anchor deployment formed part of a novel tidal anchors project for floating technologies, which was carried out in partnership with McLaughlin & Read More »
Press release: CorPower Ocean sign up to test at EMEC
Swedish wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, have signed up to test their novel resonant wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The announcement follows CorPower’s success in Wave Energy Scotland’s (WES) power-take-off (PTO) call that, combined with funding from KIC InnoEnergy and the Swedish Energy Agency, completes a €6.5m Stage Read More »
Press release: ORCHIDS project to address ocean energy electrical infrastructure integrity
Fraunhofer UK, part of Europe’s largest application-oriented research organisation, has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop an innovative solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by the UK Government’s business innovation experts InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS project (Offshore Renewable energy Cable Read More »
Press release: ICIT studies solutions to biofouling of marine energy technologies at EMEC
The initial stages of a project looking at biofouling solutions for marine renewables has been completed by the International Centre of Island Technology (ICIT), in collaboration with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and Heriot-Watt’s Energy Academy. The project was focused on the development of a knowledge network enabling biofouling experts to work closely with Read More »
Blog: Atlantis Resources testing next generation tidal turbine power train with ORE Catapult
We’re delighted to see the progress Atlantis are making with their new AR1500 prototype, following the announcement that their next generation 1.5MW tidal turbine will undergo a six week test programme at the ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. This is an exciting year for the tidal energy industry, particularly with the activities Read More »
Blog: Turbulence in 2015 – EMEC end of year review
An old engineer I worked with had a sign above his desk that read: “When you are up to your backside in alligators it is sometimes hard to remind yourself you came here to drain the swamp” 2015 seems to have been a year with a lot of alligators. However we have always known that Read More »
Press release: Scotrenewables secures £5.7m to demonstrate world’s largest tidal turbine at EMEC
Orkney based Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd (SRTP) has been successful in securing a further £5.7m from investors to allow it to demonstrate the world’s largest tidal turbine. The company, which is at the forefront of the floating tidal turbine sector, is currently nearing the completion of the build of its SR2000 (2MW) system in the Read More »
