Australian company to build wave farm in Hanimadhoo

An Australian wave energy developer has announced plans to install a 2MW wave energy farm off the coast of Hanimaadhoo Island.

Perth-based Stonehenge Metals has acquired Clean Energy Maldives, a company that reportedly has approval from the Maldives to establish a commercial wave energy converter power generation and seawater desalination facility, according to a press release issued by the company last week.

Wave energy will be harnessed using a technology called a Protean Wave Energy Converter, an Australian invention that generates power from buoys bobbing up and down in the ocean.

The technology is owned by Stonehenge, an Australian mining company. The company says it tested this technology successfully with 30 buoys in Australian waters.