Australia's Carnegie Wave Energy secures vital project funding

Australia’s Carnegie Wave Energy has secured A$31.7m ($33.1m) of government and private funding to proceed with its flagship pilot project near Perth, sending its shares up nearly 20%

The federal government will provide A$9.9m towards the project through its A$126m Emerging Renewables Program, while Western Australia’s state government has promised A$5.5m through its Low Emissions Energy Development scheme.

New York -based institutional investor The Lind Partners is chipping in with a further A$16.3m.

Stock exchange-listed Carnegie is developing a 2MW pilot project in and around Garden Island, which it hopes will be the first grid-connected demonstration of its Ceto technology.

Ceto consists of an array of submerged buoys that pump high-pressure water to onshore hydroelectric turbines.

The company is…

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