Related items: Orkney
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For people in the Western Isles, and Orkney and Shetland, the issue of electricity links to the UK mainland has been a long-running sore. This report, published by DECC and the Scottish Goverment concludes there is a clear social and economic case for putting island links in place.
15 May 13
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Blog
For people in the Western Isles, and Orkney and Shetland, the issue of electricity links to the UK mainland has been a long-running sore. Today's report Scottish Islands Renewables Project, published by DECC and the Scottish Goverment concludes there is a clear social and economic case for putting island links in place.
15 May 13
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Cutting-edge wave and tidal technology is regenerating island communities, bringing new jobs and new skills
20 Sep 11
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Project
We commenced operational testing of our second-generation Oyster 800 wave energy machine in June 2012. We also produced first electrical power to the grid the same month.
24 Feb 11
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Project
We have been granted, in partnership with SSE Renewables, an exclusive lease option on an area of seabed off the west coast of Orkney. This allows us to start working with stakeholders on the first phase of our proposed Oyster wave farm.
15 Feb 11
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Socio-economic impact assessment of Aquamarine Power's Oyster device
9 Feb 11
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Project
We installed the first 315kW Oyster wave energy device at Billia Croo off the coast of Orkney in 2009. Oyster 1 successfully demonstrated our hydroelectric wave energy concept and delivered over 6000 offshore operating hours over two winters.
8 Feb 11
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This week we started work onshore with local company Heddle Construction. This prepares the way for the installation of our second Oyster wave energy project at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) Billia Croo test site, near Stromness, in the summer of 2011.
12 Oct 10
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