It is intended that Ocean Navitas will place a single 200kWh or 1.4MWh Aegir Dynamo Buoy into the EMEC facility for a period of 1 year before it is decommissioned.

EMEC’s wave test facility is ideally placed on the western edge of the Orkney mainland, in an area with one of the highest wave energy potentials in Europe, if not the world. The exposed North Sea location means the island group is subjected to the powerful dynamic forces of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Construction of the wave test facility was completed in October 2003 and operational activities commenced shortly thereafter. The Centre's facilities consist of four test berths situated along the 50m water depth contour off Billia Croo, Stromness on the Orkney mainland (some 2km offshore).

• Full oceanic wave regime with test berths in 50m water
• Range of tidal environments
• All berths UK grid-connected
• Extensive power and SCADA systems
• Meteorological and marine resource monitoring
• Full office and data centre support
• Extensive local research and engineering support
• Power performance verification
• Availability and reliability verification
• Electrical system testing
• Safety system testing
• Noise measurements
• Structural load measurements and verification