03/27/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/27/2024 05:56
Posted by EMEC on Wednesday, March 27, 2024
EMEC's Jerry Gibson, Neil Kermode and Eileen Linklater at the Energy Revolution launch event (Credit EMEC)
Looking at the past, present and future of energy systems, Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery features recognisable and surprising objects plus interactive exhibits to highlight how we can journey to a more sustainable world-and our role in achieving that low carbon future.
EMEC has been working closely with the Science Museum over the past three years to ensure Orkney's pioneering role in the energy transition through R&D in marine energy and green hydrogen is showcased in the gallery.
Visitors can interact with a model demonstrating renewable energy and hydrogen on the islands, spanning floating offshore wind and tidal turbines to EMEC's green hydrogen production plant. EMEC's Managing Director, Neil Kermode, Operations Technician, Jerry Gibson and Corporate Affairs Director Eileen Linklater also feature in a new film featuring the people and places behind these pioneering projects.
One of the standout attractions is a seven metre long tidal turbine blade made by Orbital Marine Power. Used on the SR-2000, a 63 metre long, 500 tonne tidal turbine deployed at EMEC's test site from 2016-18, this prototype blade helped generate enough electricity to power a thousand homes harnessing the strong tidal flows around Orkney. A second blade from the SR-2000 can be viewed at the Orkney Research and Innovation Campus in Stromness for those in Orkney unable to visit the gallery.
Neil, Eileen and Jerry attended a launch event for the gallery last week.
Commenting on the launch, Eileen said:
"It's brilliant to see the pioneering role Orkney has played in the energy transition recognised in this way, and it was a huge honour to be at the launch.
"A large section of the new gallery is dedicated to Orkney as a case study for future energy innovation, but it was also fantastic to see a hooded Orkney chair featured as an example of past energy innovation - keeping heat in and drafts out.
"With the Science Museum hosting more than 3 million visitors a year from all over the world, we hope they can learn something from our energy experience."
The free gallery examines this century's defining challenge through the lens of imagination across three sections.
Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery officially opened to the public on Tuesday 26 March.
For more details on the gallery:
Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery
Ticketed; FREE
Level 2
sciencemuseum.org.uk/energy-revolution
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