Fall of Warness tidal energy test site

EMEC is the world’s leading test site for demonstrating wave and tidal energy technologies at sea with more technologies tested at its sites in Orkney than anywhere else in the world.

EMEC’s grid-connected tidal test site at the Fall of Warness is situated just west of the island of Eday - lying in a narrow channel between the Westray Firth and Stronsay Firth. The site was chosen for its high velocity marine currents which reach almost 4 m/sec (7.8 knots) at spring tides. As tides flow from the North Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea, they quicken as they are funneled through Orkney's northern islands.