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EMEC Test Site Overview
Matthew Finn
Senior Business Development Manager
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World leading centre for testing
marine energy technologies
Independently accredited:
Demonstration Testing Verification
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Grid-connected test sites
for wave & tidal energy
Wave: Billia Croo Tidal: Fall of Warness
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Scale test sites
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EMEC Sites
EMEC office
and data
centre
Hatston Ind.
Units
Grid-
connected
tidal site
Scale tidal
site
Scale wave
site
Grid-
connected
wave site
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Tidal Test Site
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Wave test site:
Billia Croo
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Coming soon…
Laminaria CorPower
Tocardo SME PLATO SR2000
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Survivability + Installability + Reliability +
Real-sea learning &
innovation
Maintainability + Operability
= Cost effectiveness
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Independent Verification
Performance
Claim
Technology Verification
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Underpinning R&D
Wildlife
displacement study
Orkney vessel trials
project
Marine energy
standards
Global test centre
collaboration
Subsea cable
lifecycle study
Integrated
monitoring pod
Component
analysis project
Hydrogen from tidal
power
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Integrated monitoring
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Integrated monitoring
Build Deployment Preparation
Live Data Landing
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Low Carbon Technology ready for open sea
Assistance to bring project to water
Connect to test site facilities
FORESEA
• Aimed at innovative technologies and services demonstrated in real sea conditions
• Helping to leverage investment needed to bring to market
Free access to test sites: - UK - European Marine Energy Centre - IE - SmartBay Ireland LTD - FR - SEM-REV Ecole Centrale de Nantes - NL- Tidal Test Centre
Boost deployment
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