BioPower
Systems
wins
A$5.6m
towards
its
A$15m
Victorian
pilot
while
Oceanlinx
wins
just
under
A$4.6m
for
its
A$7.2m
South
Australian
pilot.
Australia’s
wave
energy
resources
are
considered
to
be
among
the
best
in
the
world,
with
the
area
between
Geraldton
in
Western
Australia
and
the
southern
tip
of
Tasmania
able
to
provide
more
than
1,300
terawatt
hours
per
year
–
about
five
times
Australia’s
total
electricity
requirements.
Including
a
grant
for
Perth-based
Carnegie
Wave
Energy,
the
Australian
government
has
now
contributed
close
to
A$20m
to
new
wave-energy
technologies
through
the…