Offshore wind innovation call searching for weather forecasting and turbine access solutions
A new offshore wind innovation call is seeking the latest ideas in weather forecasting and improved designs for service operation vessels – with up to £300,000 available to successful applicants. The call is the second in a series of innovation calls offered by the £1 million Offshore Wind Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme, run by Read More »
2024 UK Ocean Energy Review
The Policy and Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the Supergen ORE Hub, Wave Energy Scotland and the Marine Energy Council, has published the 2024 UK Ocean Energy Review. The report highlights a year of marked progress for the ocean energy sector, with its potential role in our future decarbonised energy Read More »
Offshore wind innovation call winners announced
Three innovative companies have been awarded funding by the West of Orkney Windfarm through EMEC’s Offshore Wind R&I Programme. The £1 million R&I programme, delivered by EMEC and sponsored by the West of Orkney Windfarm, is designed to find innovative solutions that could deliver offshore wind faster, cheaper and at lower risk. The programme’s inaugural Read More »
2024 – waves of change
The thing with waves at sea is they don’t come along on their own. They come in groups and their impact is a function of where you are, what you are doing and how prepared you are for them. Waves are also the result of some event at sea such as a storm or the Read More »
OpenHydro decommissioning complete
Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine complete OpenHydro decommissioning at EMEC Two leading Scottish marine engineering firms, Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine, have successfully completed the decommissioning of OpenHydro’s pioneering tidal energy platform at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. OpenHydro was the first developer to use EMEC’s tidal test site at the Fall Read More »
