Wave energy tech could drive down solar costs in Australia

Simon Renwick, the founder of Australian wave energy specialist WaveX, says the wave power generator it is developing can be combined with solar to lower costs and ensure dispatchability. From pv magazine Australia WaveX founder Simon Renwick has told pv magazine that including wave energy in a solar farm's energy mix could reduce its capital expenditure by 50%, according to the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre's (CRC) "Ocean Wave Energy in Australia" report by the University of Western Australia. "It does it for wind, it does it for solar, and it does it for wind and solar combined ...

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