Orkney International Science Festival
We’ll be getting involved in this year’s science festival!
Come and see us at the below events:
Billia Croo open-day
Thursday 1 September 12:30-14:30 at our Billia Croo wave testing facility, Stromness.
What you’ll learn:
- What waves ands tides are and how they’re created.
- How devices tested at EMEC and how they capture the energy from the ocean.
- The environmental impacts of marine renewables.
- The infrastructure on our site.
- How we get ocean energy to the national grid.
- Hydrogen overview.
Attendees will be greeted on site by a member of staff. Parking available.
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Kirkwall Pier fuel cell open-day
Friday 2 September 11:00-13:00 at Kirkwall Pier, across from the marina.
What you’ll learn:
- What is green hydrogen?
- Why EMEC branched into the world of green hydrogen.
- How do we create green hydrogen?
- Site infrastructure.
- End use applications of green hydrogen in Orkney and globally.
Attendees will be greeted on site by a member of staff. Parking available.
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Wave, tide and hydrogen talk
Thursday 2 September 17:15-18:15 in Stromness Town Hall
Who’s speaking:
- Calum Miller, Principal Engineer & Hydrodynamics Manager at Orbital Marine Power Ltd.
- Simon Grey, Chief Executive at AWS Ocean Energy
- Amy Sutcliffe, Environment and Consents Officer at EMEC
- Jerry Gibson, Operations Technician at EMEC
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OISF Family Day
Saturday 3 September 10:00-16:00 at Kirkwall Grammar School.
We will be attending the Family Day this year. More details TBC.
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OREF event – Fall of Warness, gravity base, the Hammars Hill waltz and the kitchen sink
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EMEC Writing Competition
Show off your storytelling capabilities by writing your very own renewables story!
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