Press release: Orkney vessel trials demonstrate cost savings for marine energy
Developers could save 70-80% on installation costs by utilising a gantry barge and other local vessels rather than commissioning large dynamically positioned offshore construction vessels. Scotland’s Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has today [21 May 2014] announced that the first leg of a project in Orkney funded by the Scottish Government has demonstrated the potential for Read More »
Press release: EMEC to study integrity of subsea cabling
The world leading European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, is to share learning on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. Funded by The Crown Estate, the project will see EMEC and Engineering Technology Applications Ltd (ETA) carry out Read More »
Press release: £4.8 million boost to marine energy sector
Scotland’s marine energy sector is to benefit from almost £5 million as the distribution of funding from two initiatives is to be announced by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing during the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference and Exhibition in Belfast today (Wednesday). Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Ewing said five marine energy innovation projects are Read More »
Press release: EMEC awarded MRCF funding to develop unique tidal energy monitoring system
The Scottish Government has awarded a share of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the further development of an integrated site characterisation and measurement platform for high energy marine environments. The support of the MRCF Array Technology Innovation Programme (ATIP) will enable EMEC to further develop, Read More »
Press release: Two new Directors appointed to Board of EMEC
Two prominent figures in the energy industry have been appointed to the Board of Europe’s leading marine energy testing facility. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, is the first and only centre of its kind in the world to provide developers of both wave and tidal energy converters – technologies that generate Read More »
