Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project

The Port Fairy Wave Energy Project, developed by BioPower Systems (BPS), involved the installation and testing of a 250kW bioWAVE pilot demonstration unit in the Southern Ocean, near the coast of Port Fairy, Victoria.

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Project Manager

BioPower Systems Pty Ltd

Additional Information

Project Website

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:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Decommissioned

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

0.25 MW

Operational Duration

2015 - 2017

Project Duration

2012 - 2018

Energy Resource

Wave

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Grid Connected

Waterbody

Coast of Port Fairy, Victoria

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Coastal

Country

Australia

Environmental Details

Tethys Metadata

Last Modified

27 May 2025

This Project has the following MRE Devices

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“Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Port_Fairy_Pilot_Wave_Energy_Project. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.

Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Port_Fairy_Pilot_Wave_Energy_Project.

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Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project

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