Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy, has concluded the wave tank testing programme of its CETO 6 technology design at the University of Plymouth’s COAST facility.
Over 340 separate tests were completed throughout the programme with specific outcomes including the measurement of CETO 6 performance across a range of operational and extreme sea states, optimisation of Carnegie’s preferred power take-off (PTO) system operation and control, validation of Carnegie’s in-house modelling suite and detailed and validated load case for CETO system design, Carnegie informed.
Carnegie continued to advance the design and development of the 1MW CETO 6 commercial product platform ahead of the completion of detailed design later this year.
The company informed that major design work packages are progressing well including with Bosch Rexroth for the power take-off and pump as well design of all main project subsystems including the buoyant actuator, foundation connector and umbilical and export cables.
“Strong progress has been made in Carnegie’s development of CETO 6, with the team advancing the design development phase for our Garden Island CETO 6 project with detailed design expected to be completed later this year ahead of manufacturing and construction. Carnegie also gathered valuable data while carrying out wave tank testing at the UK’s University of Plymouth’s unique Coastal, Ocean and Sediment (COAST) facility,” said Michael Ottaviano , Carnegie’s CEO.
Furthermore, the company has continued the work on its UK CETO 6 project at Wave Hub. The project is currently planned as a two stage development with the first stage consisting of a single CETO 6 unit, followed by an expansion to a 10-15MW stage.
Carnegie said the first stage of CETO 6 Wave Hub project is currently being assessed for European funding, and the outcome of the assessment is expected to be announced in the following months.