286 results found for 'West of Orkney'

286 results found for 'West of Orkney'
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  • Scotland: Four Firms Compete for GBP 10 Million Saltire Prize

    28 August 2012
    Authorities

    Two tidal energy and two wave power developers have entered into the race for Scotland’s £10 million Saltire Prize as the competition’s Grand Challenge phase begins. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed senior representatives of the four teams to a Grand Challenge launch event in Orkney, where MeyGen was unveiled as the fourth Saltire Prize […]

  • Two Pelamis P2e Machines Complete Tank Testing (UK)

    23 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Tank testing of scale models to develop the next generation of Pelamis Wave Power’s wave energy converter (WEC) machines have now been successfully completed. The tank testing process forms a key part of a £1.4m project commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) which is looking to boost the cost-effectiveness of large-scale WEC […]

  • Aquamarine Power Starts Oyster Overhaul

    19 June 2014
    Technology

    Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has successfully removed both cylinder modules from their Oyster 800 wave machine as part of a comprehensive summer refit – with the firm aiming to recommence Oyster power generation in the autumn. The 800kW test machine, located at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, has already clocked up three […]

  • Magallanes Turbine Takes Plunge at EMEC

    28 November 2014
    Grid Connection

    Spanish tidal turbine company Magallanes has deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), supported by the EU-funded Marinet project. The 1:10 scale ‘ATIR’ prototype was installed on EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site. Magallanes has been developing their concept since 2007, already having trialled previous prototypes in test tank and river conditions. […]

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes Crown Estate’s Leasing Round

    22 May 2013

    In response to the latest announcement from The Crown Estate on leasing rounds;  Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager for Scottish Renewables, said: “Scotland has already quickly established itself as the key destination for testing and delivery of wave and tidal devices with the world leading European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.  “We therefore welcome The […]

  • UK: Aquamarine Power to Unveil Wave Energy Plans for Lewis

    5 March 2012

    Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power will unveil proposals for its first wave energy development on Lewis at a series of public exhibitions commencing next week. The exhibitions will take place at the Galson Estate Trust Business Centre on Friday 9 March and Saturday 10 March and at Martin’s Memorial Hall in Stornoway on Monday 12 […]

  • Japan: GL RC to Certify Kawasaki Heavy’s Tidal Energy Converter

    22 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tidal energy is a vast resource man has yet to harness. As technology advances into this new, promising realm of renewable energy, GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) is contributing its expertise by certifying Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ (KHI) tidal energy converter prototype. The certification will be carried out according to GL RC’s “Guideline for the Certification […]

  • Aquamarine Power to Scale Down Its Business

    3 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has announced plans to downsize its business. Commenting on the news, Aquamarine Power Chief Executive Officer John Malcolm said: “Following a strategic review the Board of Aquamarine Power has decided to significantly downsize the business. “This will involve retaining a core operational and management team to run the business and […]

  • Nautricity, Fundy Tidal to Develop Tidal Energy Project in Nova Scotia, Canada

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Nautricity Ltd. and Fundy Tidal Inc. have signed an MoU to develop a 500kW tidal project in Nova Scotia, Canada’s Petit Passage. Nautricity is completing system testing of its CoRMaT and Hydro-buoy technologies at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The project at Petit Passage provides flows similar to those […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Leases Three Sites for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects

    30 April 2012

    The Crown Estate has announced three further agreements for lease for wave and tidal energy projects. The sites result from the third application window in the leasing process for projects in connection with the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize (in Scottish waters) and demonstration projects (all around the UK), which opened in October 2011. Voith Hydro […]

  • Atlantis Continuous with AR1000 Testing at NAREC (UK)

    2 February 2012

    Atlantis Resources Corporation will continue its AR1000 tidal turbine testing programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland. The company’s AR1000 nacelle was retrieved from its test berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney in late November, following successful open ocean testing. It will be transported to Blyth for […]

  • Novel Subsea Cable Monitoring System Passes EMEC Test

    31 August 2018
    R&D, Technology

    A new system for monitoring subsea cables in the offshore renewables sector has completed tests at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, aimed at demonstrating technical and commercial viability of the technology.

  • Fugro Installs Three Foundations for Oyster Wave Energy Device (UK)

    1 December 2011

    Fugro Seacore (FSCL) has successfully installed three sets of foundations for Aquamarine Power’s full scale pre-commercial Oyster devices at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) Billia Croo wave test site near Stromness, on the exposed coast of the Orkney mainland.  “A paired foundation was used for the first 800 kW Oyster 800 now successfully installed […]

  • EMEC Comments on Pelamis’ Announcement

    24 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Neil Kermode, managing director of EMEC, commented on Pelamis’ last week’s announcement: “EMEC is saddened to hear that its oldest customer has gone into administration. “We have known many of the Pelamis team for years and all of us at EMEC are dismayed by this announcement.  As a test site we have seen the clever, […]

  • Scottish Renewables Comments on Nigg Fabrication Yard Announcement

    21 October 2011

      Today First Minister Alex Salmond announced that Nigg fabrication yard has been bought by Global Energy Group (GEG), creating 2,000 on-site jobs by 2015. A public fund of £1.8 million was also announced to help support the transformation of the site into a renewables hub.  Johanna Yates, Offshore Policy Manager for Scottish Renewables, said: […]

  • The Netherlands: RTM Performance Tidal Blades Delivered for EMEC Test Turbine

    22 March 2013

    Airborne Marine announced that the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) procedure of the seven Nautricity tidal blades was concluded positively early this month together with Nautricity Ltd. Airborne Marine will shortly ship the seven blades to the assembly site of Nautricity where the blades will be mounted on the turbine that will be installed at the […]

  • UK: Pulsant Stores Pelamis Wave Power Data

    13 November 2012

    Cloud, connectivity and hosting provider, Pulsant, is supporting Pelamis Wave Power by helping to manage, backup and store data vital to the development of its world-leading wave energy technology. With operations in Edinburgh and Orkney supporting two Pelamis wave machines being demonstrated at the European Marine Energy Centre off the coast of Orkney, Pelamis Wave […]

  • WavePOD Powered for the First Time

    19 November 2014
    R&D, Technology

    WavePOD prototype produced its first power in laboratory tests this week. The tenth-scale WavePOD was officially switched on by David Waldron, Bosch Rexroth’s UK Business Manager for Machinery Applications and Renewables, to mark the start of the test programme at the world-leading Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Controls (IFAS) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. […]

  • Global Wave & Tidal Event Confirms UK’s Leading Position

    16 September 2015

    The UK is to host the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) for the first time. The event, now in its tenth year, will come to Edinburgh from February 23-25, 2016, and will be designed by an international committee of experts and industry organisations. Previous ICOE events have been held in Spain, Nova Scotia, France, […]

  • Scottish Government Funds Commercialisation of Pelamis Wave Energy Device

    17 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The Scottish Government has awarded a share of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to Pelamis Wave Power, to support the commercialisation of the Pelamis wave energy device and parallel site development activities. Richard Yemm, CEO of Pelamis Wave Power said: “Today’s announcement is a huge boost for our company, technology and partners. The awards […]

  • CableFish to Reduce Cable Installation Costs

    26 February 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    UK innovator, North Sea Systems, completed the first full scale trial of its novel CableFish in December, which was put through its paces at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the turbulent waters around Orkney. The technology was welcomed by Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing who said: “I am very pleased that we were able […]

  • Rolls-Royce Hits 100MWh Milestone with Tidal Technology (UK)

    27 October 2011

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has achieved a significant milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal turbine, located subsea off the Orkney Islands, Scotland​, has successfully generated and fed over 100 megawatt hours (MWh) of electrical power into the national grid. Harnessing the reliable and predictable energy […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime to Carry out Noise Assessments of Oyster Wave Energy Device (UK)

    25 October 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime, has been awarded a contract with leading wave energy technology provider Aquamarine Power to carry out underwater noise assessments relating to its Oyster wave energy device. The Oyster device has been developed by Aquamarine Power to capture wave energy from near-shore […]

  • European Marine Energy Centre to Collaborate with China’s Ocean University

    8 December 2011

    Experts from Scotland’s world-leading wave and tidal testing hub the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) are to collaborate with their marine energy counterparts from the Ocean University of China (OUC) in Shandong Province under a new partnership announced by First Minister Alex Salmond. Staff from the Orkney-based facility will assist OUC to develop a wave […]

  • Aquamarine Power Goes into Administration

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Aquamarine Power today called in administrators to manage the business and to seek a sale or investment via the administration process. BDO LLP business restructuring partners James Stephen and Graham Newton have been appointed Joint Administrators and will now take over the running of the Edinburgh firm. This follows a decision by the Aquamarine Power […]

  • Atlantis Resources in Talks to Construct Marine Energy Farm (UK)

    22 February 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Atlantis Resources is undergoing talks for constructing a new marine energy farm that would be producing both wind and tidal power. The company is conducting talks with suppliers of transmission components to discuss cabling and converters including a feasibility study for creating the project from the very beginning or adding its own tidal turbines onto […]