With nearly a decade of experience, WET-NZ is a leader in the design and development of wave energy converters
Wave Energy Technology- New Zealand is a Research & Development collaboration programme run by Callaghan Innovation (formerly Industrial Research Limited), a Crown agency, and Power Projects Limited, a privately owned Wellington-based company. The programme seeks to develop a wave energy device that maximises engineering efficiency through direct-drive and adaptive response to changes in wave motion.
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Achievements
The first and only wave energy technology to be deployed in New Zealand
Successful testing of four prototype devices at offshore sites. This has involved research deployments of up to 163 continuous days.
Awarded the first resource consent in New Zealand for a wave energy development project. This was granted in April 2010 with a second test site consented a few months later in August
The only NZ-designed marine energy technology to receive financial support from the NZ and US governments. In fact we are the only NZ developer to to receive international funding
Two times winner of the Marine Energy Deployment Fund
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