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Albany Wave Energy Project AWEP
The Albany Wave Energy Project (AWEP) was a technology demonstration project that involved the design, manufacture and installation of a CETO 6 Unit in Carnegie’s existing license area, offshore from Torbay and Sandpatch in Albany, Western Australia. The unit was to be operated for 12 months during which Carnegie was to test the system to maximize learnings including optimizing system performance, validate computational modelling results, refine installation and removal methodologies, and confirm the reliability of the system.
In March 2019, the Western Australian Government terminated its $16 million contract with the Carnegie for its Albany project because of failure to meet project milestones.
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Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Canceled
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
1.5 MW
Project Duration
2017 - 2019
Energy Resource
- Wave
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
Indian Ocean, Albany
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Coastal
Country
Australia
Last Modified
6 June 2025
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“Albany Wave Energy Project AWEP.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Albany_Wave_Energy_Project_AWEP. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Albany Wave Energy Project AWEP." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Albany_Wave_Energy_Project_AWEP.
