EMEC’s Japanese deal

An agreement between the Orkney’s European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ), to develop Japan’s first marine energy test centre, has been signed.

On Friday, it was announced that EMEC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ), with the potential for EMEC to provide advice and support on the design, set up and operation of the Japanese Marine Energy Centre (JMEC).

The partnership will play an integral role in Japan’s focus on developing viable alternative major energy generation schemes to traditional fossil and nuclear power methods in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, which had a major impact on the country’s industrial landscape.