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- Oct 1, 200350% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
EMEC Opens Its Billia Croo Wave Test Site Near Stromness
- EMEC was established in 2003 by public sector organisations after a 2001 House of Commons Science and Technology Committee recommendation, offering full-scale grid-connected wave and tidal prototype testing[2]
- Construction of the Billia Croo wave test site, outside Stromness on the west of Orkney Mainland, was completed in October 2003[2][3]
- It has five cabled berths in up to 70 m of water, about 2 km offshore, fed by five 11 kV subsea cables to a substation and the national grid[3]
- Average significant wave height is 2-3 m, with extremes above 18 m, monitored by three waverider buoys, a weather station, SCADA and CCTV[2][3]
- Clients have included Aquamarine, Pelamis, Wello, Voith and Seatricity; EMEC's other sites include the Fall of Warness tidal site on Eday, with headquarters in Stromness[2][3]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=wqgoGs_8ksYyoutube.com· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Oct 1, 2003 ✓· 33% of score
Wikipedia's[2] European Marine Energy Centre article says construction of the Billia Croo wave test facility was completed in October 2003, without a specific day.
- [2]80%European Marine Energy Centreen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 33% of score
Documents EMEC’s[3] 2003 establishment, the October 2003 completion of the Billia Croo wave test site, and its Orkney location.
- [3]80%Grid-connected wave test site - EMECemec.org.uk· Added Sep 22, 2026· 33% of score
Official EMEC page: grid-connected wave test site constructed in 2003 at Billia Croo.
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