Wave power firm Carnegie granted investigation licence

A diagram of the CETO System creating power and fresh water

Australian wave power technologist Carnegie has been granted an investigation licence by the state government for three potential development sites off Victoria.

The company will have the option to lease one of the sites – located at Portland, Warrnambool and Phillip Island – with a view to setting up a commercial demonstration of its Ceto wave energy devices.

“We are pleased to have progressed our consents to licences and now have a clear pathway to lease an area of seabed for a commercial project,” says managing director Michael Ottaviano.

The Ceto system is made up of an array of submerged buoys tethered to seabed pumping units.

As the buoys rise and fall with the passing waves,…

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