| Wave-power trial bid Tassie in mix for new green energy |
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| Alternative Energy - Tidal Power |
| Sunday, 12 October 2008 16:52 |
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Hobart Mercury Monday 29/9/2008 Page: 7 TWO-THIRDS of Tasmania"s energy needs could be generated from waves, says a renewable energy company. Carnegie Corporation is in talks with the State Government about setting up a wave energy trial in Tasmania. The West Australian company will release an independent report to the stock exchange today, estimating Australia has a wave-energy resource of 170,000 megawatts, including 17,000MW in Tasmanian waters. Of that, the report found 1700MW. or 68 per cent of the state"s energy needs, was economically extractable. Managing director Michael Ottaviano said Tasmania had a wave-energy resource as good as any in the world. "Front a Tasmanian point of view, wave energy aligns so well with other renewable [energy] and in particular Hydro which has been hit more recently with water shortages," Dr Ottaviano said. He said his firm had spoken with the State Government. However, he said other states, including Victoria and Western Australia were competing for commercial trials. The technology is called CETO, after a Greek goddess. Submerged buoys move with the motion of passing waves to drive seabed pump units which deliver pressurised seawater to the shore via a pipeline. The high-pressure seawater is used to drive hydro-electric turbines and can also be used to supply a desalination plant. The company hopes to have the technology ready for commercial application by next year and predicts it could be competing with the coal industry as a base-load power generator in five to 10 years. Dr Ottaviano said the technology was already cost competitive with other renewables such as wind and solar energy but had the advantage of constant supply. Greens energy spokesman Kim Booth said the technology had enormous potential. "It think that would be a fabulous thing that the Government ought to have serious look at." he said. "It is the sort of thing they should have done instead of spending $92 million a year on the Basslink cable." In May, Hydro Tasmania signed a memorandum of understanding with Sydney BioPower systems to generate tidal and wave power to 500 homes on King Island and Flinders Islands. A Hydro spokeswoman said the company had not had contact with Carnegie. |
Waves put in harness Daily TelegraphThursday 18/6/2009 Page: 23A MAJOR conservation group has backed the creation of energy by harnessing the power of the ocean swells which batter much of the Australian coast. WWF-Australia will release a report today claiming energy from waves close... Read more Tidal Power | | Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
Wave power to create jobs www.news-mail.com.au18th June 2009Wave energy will provide clean, renewable power and thousands of Australian jobs for the future, according to a report. WWF-Australia has urged the federal government to invest in wave power following the release of a report on Thursday,... Read more Tidal Power | | TUSEDAY, 23 June 2009 |
Ocean currents can power the world The (UK) Telegraph has an article on the Vivace tidal / current power device I mentioned recently - Ocean currents can power the world, say scientistsThe technology can generate electricity in water flowing at a rate of less than one... Read more Tidal Power | | Decemberonday, 1 December 2008 |
Ocean grids around Europe By Frederik Groeman, Natalia Moldovan & Peter Vaessen, KEMA Several European countries have a policy to encourage the development of renewable en-ergy sources. This is identified in e.g. the European green paper Energy strategy for a sus-tainable, competitive and secure... Read more Tidal Power | | Novemberonday, 3 November 2008 |
Tidal Power in Nova ScotiaThe Globe and Mail has a report on tidal power in Canada, noting that "Nova Scotia is testing water-driven turbines that could produce 10 per cent of the province"s peak load" - Clean power comes in with the tide.Atlantic Canada"s... Read more Tidal Power | | TUSEDAY, 21 October 2008 |
Oh buoy, wax your board for wave powerAgeTuesday 30/9/2008 Page: 4THE market loves a "green" story, regardless of how convenient or inconvenient the truth may be. The latest green tale comes from Perth"s Carnegie Corporation, which released details of an "independent report" stating wave power could provide... Read more Tidal Power | | Octoberonday, 13 October 2008 |
Wave power could run nationSydney Morning HeraldMonday 29/9/2008 Page: 6THE power of waves close to Australia"s southern coastline can be harnessed to provide over a third of the nation"s electricity, research suggests. The energy swirling through the Southern Ocean could supply the nation"s power... Read more Tidal Power | | Octoberonday, 13 October 2008 |
Danish Wave Power Projects TreeHugger has a post on a raft of Danish wave power experimental projects - Three Wacky Danish Wave Power Projects.Portugal gets the distinction of having both the world"s first commercial wave power plant, Aguçadoura Wave Park, which officially opened last... Read more Tidal Power | | Octoberonday, 13 October 2008 |
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