World’s first island micro-grid created in Australia

An island just off the Western Australia
coast has the world's first micro-grid
built around renewable energy.

An island off Western Australia will be powered by the world’s first renewable energy island micro-grid which combines wave energy, solar energy and energy storage.

Perth-based wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced this week that it has received $2.5 million in funding from the Australia Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the project.

The system, named the Garden Island Micro-grid project, will be the world’s first wave energy integrated micro-grid which will also produce both power and desalinated water.

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