News this week
EMEC were delighted to welcome Richard Coackley, the Institution of Civil Engineers new President, to Orkney on Monday. The energy specialist was very impressed to see the groundbreaking work that is taking place across the county. He visited Lyness viewing Wello Oy’s Penguin device, and was given a tour of Scottish Power Renewables P2 device, currently moored next to EoNs P2 (see picture). Whilst in Orkney he met with local councillors, and addressed local I.C.E members speaking of his vision of a complete overhaul of the UK energy supply system to ensure sustainable energy generation for future generations.
Kathy Bradshaw, Technical Director, Water and Environment (Scotland) at Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd, and Board Member of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, visited on Thursday to gain a wider understanding of the scope of marine renewables activities throughout Orkney.
The Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team toured the Billia Croo wave test site yesterday with new recruits gaining first-hand knowledge of the facilities and services on offer at EMEC.
Neil Kermode attended the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) Wave and Tidal Industry Update in Aberdeen yesterday. He spoke alongside Johanna Yates, Scottish Renewables, and Alan Owen, Robert Gordon University, updating members on EMECs progress to date.
And finally, there’s a lot of excitement in the office today as the turn in the weather produces some impressive waves at the EMEC test sites. 15m waves have been witnessed at Billia Croo this morning (go to live wave data for the latest wave data). Further to this, 5m waves have been recorded at the Fall of Warness tidal test site and 3.5m at the Scapa Flow wave nursery site.
Coming up:
Neil is participating in the Renewable UK Marine Strategy Group on 29th November.
EMEC are hosting a table at the Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh on 1st December. Neil, Richard and Eileen will be attending the award ceremony.