Clean technology developer Carnegie Corporation Ltd (ASX: CNM) is pleased to announce the successful deployment and initial operation of the first CETO 2 Wave Energy prototype off the CETO test site at Fremantle in Western Australia.
The complete CETO 2 prototype unit was deployed in January and has performed as
expected in the wave regime present since then. The deployment of the first complete
CETO 2 prototype follows on from the previously announced successful onshore testing
period during December and from in-sea design validation trials.
Carnegie’s Managing Director, Dr Michael Ottaviano, commented: “We are very pleased
to have achieved this major milestone on schedule and to now have the first CETO 2
unit in the ocean and performing as expected. This is another successful step achieved
by the development team and takes us closer towards our goal of having CETO
commercial-ready in 2009”.
“This significant technical milestone proves the CETO 2 design
and clears the way for further deployment of units off
monitoring and design development in varying sea states.”
The manufacture and pre-deployment testing of the first CETO 2 unit took place in Perth
over the last months of 2007. Deployment was carried out over several hours one day in
January onto pre-deployed moorings. High pressure piping was connected as part of the
process and water is now being delivered back to the onshore Fremantle facility.
Subsequent CETO 2 units will be deployed over the coming months in the ocean off the
Fremantle test site ahead of full-scale CETO 3 unit testing which will complete the CETO
development program in 2009.
