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EMEC Shapinsay Sound Scale Tidal Test Site

European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)

Off Head of Holland, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland

Access: Yes

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Testing capabilities

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

Services

Scale tidal-energy device testing and demonstration in a sheltered real-sea environment, including deployment and equipment development.

Equipment

Scale test site with mooring berths, support buoys, 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

Shapinsay ยท Region location

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