UK testing facilities
EMEC Scapa Flow Scale Wave Test Site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Off St Mary's Bay, Orkney, Scotland
Access: Yes
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