Latest data from SunWiz shows Australia’s rooftop solar market is back on track in May, with the exception of some “worrying” figures coming out of NSW.
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Floating wind and wave power project to use Australian wave technology
Perth-originated Bombora partners with TechnipFMC to demonstrate a 6MW hybrid wave and offshore wind generator on a shared floating platform.
Carnegie closes choppy half-year with “key progress” on wave power technology
Carnegie Clean Energy interim result reveals bigger losses, but also key progress on the company’s CETO wave power technology.
Wave Swell Energy installs generator off King Island in world first hybrid trial
Australian “oscillating water column” (OWC) technology successfully installed in Grassy Harbour after Covid delays and “flawless” 40-hour journey from Hobart.
Garden Island Microgrid up and running after connection upgrade
Carnegie’s Garden Island microgrid back up and running after upgrades.
Tasmania weighs ocean energy potential in 200 per cent renewables plan
Tasmanian government unveils final “action plan” for 200% renewables by 2040, including new push to promote and develop its ocean and tidal energy resources.
NZ’s Cook Strait has ‘huge potential’ for tidal power, researchers say
New research suggests New Zealand’s Cook Strait could be used as a source of tidal power, if the cost of the technology can be reduced.
German company floats idea for a wave, wind, and solar “ocean” hybrid platform
German-based SINN Power ramps up its bid to offer a robust, modular, and affordable maritime structure to generate renewable energy from waves, wind and solar.
Simec Atlantis completes “mammoth” tidal turbine build in Wuhan
Simec Atlantis has completed the installation of mammoth tidal stream turbine, boasting a rotor diameter of 18 metres, in the Zhoushan archipelago in China.
Scottish wave energy pilot gets underway, with plans to power offshore oil and gas
Work begins on new “hinged raft” wave energy generator to be trialled in waters off Scotland’s Orkney Islands, using technology from Edinburgh start-up Mocean Energy.
