UK testing facilities
EMEC Shapinsay Sound Scale Tidal Test Site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Off Head of Holland, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland
Access: Yes
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