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 »
Press release: New report highlights promising tidal energy cost reduction pathway
Tidal stream energy could plummet below £80 per MWh by 2035 if current opportunity is realised, a new industry-leading report has predicted. The ‘Cost Reduction Pathway of Tidal Stream Energy in the UK and France’ report, produced by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult as part of the Interreg FCE funded TIGER project, documents the Read More »
