Press release: Lisa MacKenzie wins communicator award for EMEC
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)’s Marketing and Communications Officer, Lisa MacKenzie, has been awarded the ‘Communicator Award’ at the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals Green Energy Awards held in the Glasgow Science Centre [Thursday 26 May 2016]. Following in the footsteps of the hugely successful Scottish Green Energy Awards, this event run by Scottish Renewables Read More »
Press release: WES & EMEC launch wave energy knowledge capture project
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has initiated a new project with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to capture the wealth of knowledge and experience amassed in Orkney through testing wave energy devices in real sea conditions. Results from the study will support and inform the wave energy converter (WEC) designs currently under development. Taking the Read More »
Press Release: Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd launch world’s largest tidal turbine
Orkney based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2MW SR2000, the world’s largest energy generating tidal turbine. The company, which is at the forefront of the floating tidal technology sector, launched the 550 tonne machine at Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd in Belfast on Thursday May 12th. This is the first commercial scale machine Read More »
Press release: BIG HIT hydrogen to power Orkney transport and heating
European pilot project: Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory (BIG HIT) Orkney has been chosen for the development of a new European-wide hydrogen project. BIG HIT (Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory: a pilot for Europe) is a five-year project aimed at overcoming local grid constraints. With over 50MW of installed Read More »
Press release: SME secures funding to begin array build out at EMEC
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has arranged a £4.5m funding package to commence the deployment of an array of its PLAT-O tidal energy systems at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. SME has conducted extensive testing of its first PLAT-O prototype in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, during 2014 & 2015. The Read More »
