The second of Carnegie Wave Energy’s (CWE) CETO 5 units has been installed at its Perth Wave Energy Project site off Garden Island, Western Australia. The unit has been operational for a little over a week now.
The sea state conditions experienced during the initial operational period have included waves up to 3.5m in height. The unit is operating in line with expectations alongside the first CETO 5 unit, installed in November last year.
Carnegie’s Managing Director, Dr Michael Ottaviano , said: “The integration of multiple wave energy converters is critical to demonstrating the principles of future CETO wave farms. With the recent completion of onshore plant and grid connection works, we are eagerly anticipating the world-first milestone of feeding electricity into the grid at HMAS Stirling.”
Both units are generating electricity against a load bank onshore, with the project awaiting final approval from Western Power to transfer power into the grid at HMAS Stirling.
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