Wave energy machines on Australian south coast would slash renewable energy costs, CSIRO says
by Graham Readfearn from on (#64C8S)
Report commissioned by Wave Swell Energy says the machines would make a future clean electricity grid more stable and more reliable
Deploying wave energy machines at a handful of locations on Australia's south coast would make a future clean electricity grid more stable, more reliable and would dramatically cut the costs of buying batteries to store renewable energy, according to a new CSIRO report.
The report was commissioned by Wave Swell Energy, an Australian company that has just finished a 12-month trial of its pilot plant on a beach at King Island, north of Tasmania.
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