CorPower Ocean leads €30m push to scale UK wave energy
Pan-European consortium driving wave-farm bankability backed by Horizon Europe. CorPower Ocean has been selected to lead the €30 million POWER-Farm EU Project, addressing the competitiveness and bankability of wave farms by validating the technology in conditions required for large-scale deployment in UK waters. The initiative, partly funded by a €19 million grant from Horizon Europe, Read More »
EMEC completes 3-in-1 tidal energy, hydrogen and battery demonstration
A world-first demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage and hydrogen production has been completed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Led by EMEC, the demonstration successfully integrated three technologies – Orbital Marine Power’s O2 tidal turbine, vanadium flow batteries supplied by Invinity Energy Systems, and an ITM Power 670 kW electrolyser, Read More »
Crown Estate Scotland backs EMEC research and innovation programme
Crown Estate Scotland joins forces with EMEC and West of Orkney Windfarm to support offshore wind supply chain innovation and development The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is pleased to announce Crown Estate Scotland has joined its flagship Offshore Wind Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme as a public sector sponsor. Crown Estate Scotland’s backing enhances Read More »
Optimising tidal-to-hydrogen systems: EMEC’s modelling insights for tidal energy alternative offtakes
EMEC has delivered a detailed modelling study exploring how to optimise the integration of tidal energy and battery storage with alternative offtake routes (e.g. hydrogen production) to overcome barriers to commercial scale tidal energy deployments. The study has been published as part of the FORWARD2030 project, supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and Read More »
Horizon Europe backs FOREST project to advance ocean energy system technologies
The FOREST (Future Ocean Renewable Energy System Technologies) project has launched with support from the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Programme. With a budget of €4 million, the project brings together eight partners from the UK, Portugal, Spain and Sweden to drive advancements in subsea components and digital technologies that will set new global Read More »
