AUSTRALIA CAN MAKE WAVES

WWF calls for Australia to ride the waves to power
June 19, 2009 (Energy Current)

"Australia should look to the oceans to provide clean, baseload renewable energy as well as thousands of jobs, according to…[Power to Change: Australia's Wave Energy Future] by World Wildlife Fund-Australia…and Carnegie Corp., which operates a CETO wave energy demonstration plant in Western Australia."

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"The report estimates that the wave energy industry will create 3,210 jobs by 2020, including jobs in local manufacturing and maintenance. By 2050 this figure is expected to grow to 14,380 jobs…[and] the jobs created would not be limited to white collar work…

"…Carnegie Corp., expects significant growth in the wave energy industry as Australia puts a price on carbon…Regions such as Geraldton and Albany in Western Australia, Port MacDonnell in South Australia, Portland, Warnambool and Phillip Island in Victoria, western Tasmania and the southern and central coasts of New South Wales are optimal sites for wave energy plants, according to WWF, which is calling on the Australian government to support emerging base loads renewable energy sources like wave by changing the Renewable Energy Target (RET) Scheme…"

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"WWF stressed that building any infrastructure in the marine environment should include an assessment of all ecological risks before construction begins…"