Wave power support

albany.yourguide.com.au
25/06/2009

THE Perth company planning to generate power from wave energy has received support from WWF-Australia (World Wildlife Fund).

Albany is being considered by Carnegie Corporation for the installation of its first CETO wave-energy demonstration plant in Western Australia. A WWF report released last week claims the clean, green, wave energy industry will create 3,210 jobs by 2020, including jobs in local manufacturing and maintenance.

WWF-Australia CEO Greg Bourne said the provision of clean, baseload renewable energy as well as thousands of jobs was important not only for Australia but the world. "Renewable technologies are the nuts and bolts of Australia's clean energy future," he said.

"What we are seeing here is the birth of a new industry that will provide tens of thousands of jobs and a technology and expertise that we can export around the world, as well as renewable energy to power Australia." The report claims that building 1,500Mw of wave energy power stations would generate enough clean, emissions-free electricity to power 1.2 million households, or 4 per cent of Australia's forecast electricity needs.