News this week
Wello Oy have announced that they are ready to deploy their Penguin wave energy converter at the Billia Croo wave test site for the first time. The Penguin has been undergoing testing at Lyness since arriving in Orkney last summer, and has now been granted permission for full-scale deployment by Marine Scotland. Click here for the full press release.
EMEC were delighted to see Hannah Nixon, Acting Senior Partner of OFGEM and Charles Gallagher, Director of GB External Relations visit earlier this week. They were able to see the pioneering work in marine renewables taking place in Orkney. After witnessing the pounding waves at Billia Croo and the aggressive tidal flows at the Fall of Warness, the potential of harnessing energy from the sea was made ever more real. During a series of meetings with developers and local organisations the need to innovate was made very clear. The forthcoming radical reform of the energy supply market will present opportunities for innovation and EMEC sincerely hopes they will be grasped enthusiastically so as to prevent the peripheral resource-rich areas from continuing to be disadvantaged.
Today EMEC welcomed representatives from Orkney Islands Council Marine Services Department, who were interested in gaining a better understanding of EMECs operations.
Photo: on a rather blustery day at Billia Croo. From L-R, Jeremy Baster (Grid Consultant to Orkney Islands Council), Charles Gallagher (OFGEM), Hannah Nixon (OFGEM), and Neil Davidson (Public Affairs Manager, Aquamarine Power).