| It is off of Australia's abundant coastline that the | | | | be provided by wave- power. As buoys rise and fall, |
| renewable energy of wave power is harnessed. Since | | | | driving pistons up and down with their motion, water is |
| agreeing to the Kyoto Protocol, Australia has made | | | | forced through lines that power electrical turbines. |
| great strides in the advancement of wave-power. | | | | Some of this water is directed to desalination plants, |
| The Oceanlinx is a wave-energy converter device | | | | producing clean drinking water straight from the largest |
| developed in Australia. Founded by Dr. Tom Denniss in | | | | source of H2O on the planet; the ocean! |
| 1997, Oceanlinx technology has grown rapidly since | | | | Based on this application of wave-power as well as |
| that time due to numerous investments from energy | | | | the efficient performance of the Oceanlinx device, |
| firms as well as a $1.21 million research and | | | | Carnegie Corporations seek to develop three of these |
| development grant from the federal government in | | | | wave-power projects in Australia. They wish to tether |
| 2004. The grant was part of Australia's Wave Energy | | | | buoys to pistons submerged 15 to 50 meters below |
| Optimisation program, established to help meet the | | | | the water's surface. Carnegie's desire is to establish a |
| guidelines set by the Kyoto Protocol. | | | | 50 MW demonstration in Western Australia by the end |
| Oceanlinx is testing a wave-power system at the | | | | of 2013. Another 50 MW wave power project is set |
| New South Wales suburb of Port Kembla. A noted | | | | for development near the town of Albany in Western |
| seaport, its location on a particularly wavy portion of | | | | Australia, jointly funded by Carnegie Corporations and |
| the ocean makes it an ideal site to utilize the | | | | the state government. |
| renewable energy created by water movement. It is | | | | As numerous countries around the world look to |
| hoped that the Oceanlinx will provide electricity and | | | | alternative energies for electricity and other power |
| water to the homes, steel mills, and shipping companies | | | | generation, Australia has taken the lead in wave |
| found in Port Kembla, providing evidence of the | | | | power. Renewable energy that powers homes and |
| efficient energy production of wave-power to the rest | | | | provides drinking water only makes sense in a country |
| of Australia. | | | | surrounded by ocean. |
| In addition to electricity generation, drinking water can | | | | |