ARENA dips into wave energy

ARENA CEO,
Ivor Frischknecht.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $181,000 funding to support Bombora Wave Power (Bombora) to complete a detailed cost of energy study for its Wave Energy Convertor (WEC).

Bombora’s WEC design uses a responsive rolling membrane fitted to a long concrete arm resting on the sea floor. The membrane pressurises air, which is passed through a turbine to generate electricity.

ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said harnessing energy from the ocean required determination, ingenuity and time.

Read the ARENA release - “New study to uncover wave energy costs.”