Carnegie subsidiaries CETO Wave Energy Ireland and Carnegie Technologies Spain have signed a €600,000 contract with Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) for the installation and testing of wave energy technology.
Carnegie Clean Energy is the owner and developer of the CETO technology, which captures energy from ocean waves and converts it into electricity.
Under the contract, the CETO technology will be installed and tested at the BiMEP site in the Basque Country, Spain, under Carnegie’s ACHIEVE programme.
Building on the previously signed Berth Reservation Agreement, this contract finalises key terms for the installation, operation and decommissioning of CETO at the BiMEP site over two years.
BiMEP will provide access to infrastructure at sea (such as berth mooring area, submarine power cable, subsea electrical connector and fibre optics cables) and infrastructure on the mainland (including electrical substation, power lines and office space) which will enable CETO to be deployed and deliver electricity to the grid.
Over the coming months, BiMEP will be undertaking their own planned site upgrade works which includes the retrieval of legacy equipment and the replacement of the existing electrical connector at the CETO deployment site.
The company will be provided access to the site once BiMEP’s works are completed.
Carnegie said the ACHIEVE programme’s CETO deployment at BiMEP is a key step in the CETO commercialisation pathway and has been designed to deliver key technical and commercial outcomes.
Carnegie chief executive Jonathan Fiévez said: “BiMEP provides established, world-class facilities, a supportive and collaborative team and challenging sea states.
“This combination is precisely why we’ve chosen to deploy CETO at BiMEP and we look forward to CETO demonstrating its performance and reliability at the site.”
Project manager for the ACHIEVE programme Miguel Santos-Herran said: “We are pleased to solidify our commitment to continued work in the Basque Country.
“Following the recent establishment of our offices in the Basque Country, we are excited to progress to the next phase, involving the upcoming installation of wave buoys, site works, and pre-installation activities, leading to the deployment of CETO.”
Picture: CETO will be deployed at a site between Saitec’s DemoSATH floating wind turbine (back left) and Tecnalia’s floating test laboratory HarshLab (front right)