Scotland’s marine energy industry was today the focus of the Government’s Energy and Climate Change Select Committee (ECCC) investigation into wave and tidal renewables, as it visited the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
EMEC – the only accredited wave and tidal test centre for marine renewable energy in the world – welcomed the cross-party group, led by committee chairman Tim Yeo to its base at Stromness and testing sites around the Islands.
The ECCC recently announced an inquiry into wave and tidal energy, investigating its potential to contribute towards the UK’s renewables and emissions targets.
The committee met with Neil Kermode, EMEC’s managing director, to discuss the potential for renewable devices such as those tested at the centre to meet UK emissions targets, and visited its wave test site at Billia Croo to observe its innovative operations.
Accompanied by Mr Kermode and Michael Morrison of Orkney Islands Council Marine Services, the group also toured the Lyness Marine Renewables Support Base to view some of the wave energy devices based there.
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