Completion of data collection and performance analysis of the CETO 2 units
Carnegie carried out the final operating and testing activities associated with the pilot scale CETO unit (CETO 2) at its Wave Energy Research Facility at Fremantle, Western Australia throughout 2008. Final performance testing involved the deployment of instrumented CETO 2 units connected back onshore to the Fremantle test facility with data collected over a range of sea and swell conditions. These results confirm excellent correlation between predicted and measured performance. Additionally, excellent results were achieved in predicting pump output based on incident wave height and period. The predictability of the power output based on the measured wave input will be an important feature of CETO wave power plants as power dispatched into the grid will be predictable and therefore much easier to manage than more variable renewable resources like wind.
