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EMEC Scapa Flow Scale Wave Test Site

European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)

Off St Mary's Bay, Orkney, Scotland

Access: Yes

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Testing capabilities

  • Functional and integrated-system testing
  • Hydrodynamics and marine testing

Services

Scale wave-energy device testing and demonstration in sheltered real-sea conditions, including development of deployment methods and associated equipment.

Equipment

Scale test site with mooring berths, support buoys for electricity dissipation and remote communications, seabed area for deployment rehearsal and simplified consenting through EMEC's licence.

Standards

No site-specific accreditation stated; EMEC's testing-services page describes relevant ISO/IEC 17025 performance assessment at the service level.

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

Scapa Flow, Orkney ยท Region location

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