Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP)

Location: Osprey Way, Garden Island WA 6168, Australia

Type: Tidal

Status: Operational

Year of establishment: 2015

Installed Capacity: 5 MWe

Project Description

It is operated by Carnegie Clean Energy Limited and became operational in 2015. It has fully submerged buoys that are moved by the ocean swell which is used to drive hydro-electric turbines.

Purpose/Application

To produce electricity from wave motion.

Unique Aspect

The unique feature of the CETO technology is that it is fully submerged underwater and also attracts marine life. The entire process consumes zero electricity and causes zero emissions. The water is also used to drive the pumps of a reverse osmosis plant for desalination producing freshwater.