| Waves put in harness |
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| Alternative Energy - Tidal Power |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 15:18 |
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Daily Telegraph Thursday 18/6/2009 Page: 23 A 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 to the coast can provide approximately four times Australia"s current national power needs. "Harnessing just 10% [of the available energy] could supply about 35% of Australia"s current power demand," the report said. Building wave energy power stations which could generate 1500 MWs of electricity by 2020 would create 3210 jobs in Australia, WWF-Australia says. The group said this would be enough to power 1.2 million households with clean energy.  |