Wave Power Pilot Due For 2013
Posted by Big Gav in australia, biomimicry, ocean energy, wave power
NineMSN reports that a biomimicry inspired wave power project will be piloted in Victoria soon - Wave energy to power 300 Victorian homes. The Warrnambool Standard has more - Port Fairy on a $14m ocean power wave.
A world-first wave energy project which mimics the movement of seaweed and kelp through the water will power hundreds of homes in Victoria's southwest.
The $14 million BioWAVE project is a single wave energy unit that will be anchored to the sea floor 30 metres underwater and about 800 metres from the shore at a site four kilometres west of Port Fairy.
The 450kW unit will be connected to the energy grid and power 300 homes by early 2013.
The project is an example of biomimicry, in which biological traits are used in engineered systems.
The Victorian government has put $5 million towards the project and other partners include AGL Energy Bluescope Steel, Lend Lease, Swinburne University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney.
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