Press release: EMEC win Rushlight Marine and Hydro Energy Award
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has won the ‘Marine and Hydro Energy’ award at the Rushlight Awards 2016-17. Now in their 10th year, the Rushlight Awards aim to support and promote all the latest clean technologies, innovations, initiatives and deployment projects for businesses and other organisations throughout the UK, Ireland and internationally. Accepting the Read More »
Press release: EMEC supporting China Marine Energy Centre
European Marine Energy Centre exporting world-leading marine energy knowledge to China UK wave and tidal energy experts are building innovation links with China based on the world-leading experience at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. As Chinese academics turn their attention towards the global potential for marine renewable energy, they invited EMEC and Read More »
Press release: £6.5m agreed for Orkney renewables research and innovation campus
Plans for a multi-million pound research and innovation campus in Stromness in Orkney are set to go ahead after the two organisations behind the venture agreed funding for the project. The 3.75-acre campus will support the growth of existing research and innovation activity and the expansion of companies in Orkney’s world-leading marine renewables, energy and Read More »
Press release: Reliability guidance published for marine energy developers
The Reliability in a Sea of Risk (RiaSoR) project has published new guidance advising on the assessment of reliability in marine energy converters. Available to download from the RiaSoR website, the ‘Reliability Guidance for Marine Energy Converters’ report transfers experience in the application of Variation Mode and Effect Analysis (VMEA) from the automotive and aerospace Read More »
Press release: €5.6m MET-CERTIFIED project launched
Europe’s Interreg 2 Seas Programme has awarded €5.6 million to the MET-CERTIFIED project to accelerate the deployment of marine energy projects. MET-CERTIFIED is run by a consortium of European industrial, governmental and academic partners. In July 2016, the Interreg 2 Seas Monitoring Committee gave the green light to the MET-CERTIFIED project which aims to increase Read More »
