UK testing facilities
EMEC Billia Croo Wave Energy Test Site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Stromness, Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Electrical, power and batteries
- Functional and integrated-system testing
- Hydrodynamics and marine testing
Services
Grid-connected real-sea wave-energy converter testing and demonstration; subsystem, component and methodology testing in representative offshore conditions; independent performance assessment and environmental monitoring.
Equipment
Grid-connected site with five wave berths, coastal 11 kV control/switching, subsea grid cables, fibre-optic data transfer, metered power, SCADA, baseline metocean data and CCTV.
Standards
EMEC states autonomous performance assessment to ISO/IEC 17025 and technology verification to ISO/IEC 17020 for its testing services; scope applies to the relevant EMEC service, not every activity at the site.
Contact
Organisation-wide contact: Email: info@emec.org.uk, commercial@emec.org.uk, matthew.finn@emec.org.uk; Phone: +44 1856852060, +44 1856852064; Named contact: Matthew Finn (Managing Director)
Approximate location
Stromness ยท Town location