European Marine Energy Centre

Floating offshore wind test site could provide UK economy with £690m boost

Wind

Floating offshore wind test site could provide UK economy with £690m boost

Analysts estimate European Marine Energy Centre's proposed test site could offer substantial economic benefits and help wind developers test new technologies

clock 25 January 2023 • 2 min read
Marine Power Systems plots multi-megawatt wave energy demonstrator in Orkney

Marine

Marine Power Systems plots multi-megawatt wave energy demonstrator in Orkney

Firm plans to test out its PelaGen wave energy convertor (WEC) array for a year at the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland

clock 15 August 2022 • 2 min read
Giant test-rig promises to unleash new era of wave energy development

Marine

Giant test-rig promises to unleash new era of wave energy development

CorPower puts WEC system through latest tests, as UK ministers visit Orkney marine energy centre to highlight sector's growing potential

clock 11 August 2021 • 4 min read

Marine

'Major milestone': Orkney tidal turbine dubbed 'world's most powerful' connects to grid

The O2 tidal turbine in Orkney is expected to generate enough electricity to power 2,000 homes as well as supplying an onshore green hydrogen electrolyser

clock 28 July 2021 • 2 min read

Marine

Orbital Marine Power launches 'world's most powerful tidal turbine'

New 2MW tidal turbine successfully launched from the Port of Dundee in major milestone for UK marine energy sector

clock 26 April 2021 • 2 min read

Aviation

Electric plane hits the skies in 'UK first' for climate-friendly flight

ZeroAvia hails major milestone for zero carbon flight as six-seater aircraft completes test flight at Cranfield Airport

clock 23 June 2020 • 3 min read