Blog: EMEC 2022 review
Energy moved to centre stage in 2022, not because of climate change, but because of the war in Ukraine. The huge rise in fossil fuel prices has fuelled inflation and is leading to widespread hardship. Thank goodness for renewables as the financial impact of the war would have been even greater had we not been Read More »
EMEC search for 2023 Earthshot champions
The search is on for The Earthshot Prize 2023 The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is continuing its role as an Official Nominator for the second year running. EMEC joined The Earthshot Prize as an Official Nominator in 2022, following the Prince and Princess of Wales, then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visiting EMEC to Read More »
Press release: EMEC supplies hydrogen to Rolls-Royce jet engine ground test
Green hydrogen produced at EMEC (European Marine Energy Centre)’s hydrogen production and tidal test facility has been used to fuel the ground test of a Rolls-Royce jet engine. The engine test was progressed through a partnership between Rolls-Royce and easyJet who, earlier this year, committed to working together on a hydrogen technology demonstrator programme. Today, Read More »
Press release: EuropeWave reserves berths at BiMEP and EMEC
EuropeWave has reserved berths at the open-water test sites of the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque Country, Spain, and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The final phase (Phase 3) of the EuropeWave programme will see three prototype wave energy converter systems deployed in the Spring of 2025 for Read More »
Press release: AWS share initial results from testing at EMEC
Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy has released initial results from the current phase of sea trials of its wave energy device at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. During the scientific testing programme at EMEC’s Scapa Flow test site, the Waveswing wave energy converter captured average power over 10 kW and peaks of 80 Read More »
