Carnegie has made significant progress on the assembly and testing stage of the Perth Wave Energy Project in advance of the Project’s final commissioning and operation phase.
Noteworthy recent progress includes the completion of the offshore preparations in advance of the deployment of the CETO unit, completion of construction of the onshore plant including installation of all power generation and conditioning equipment on Garden Island and nearing completion of the testing of the CETO units.
Unit assembly and integration testing program progress
Over the past months, Carnegie has been working through a rigorous program of integration testing of the CETO units in advance of offshore installation and commissioning. This testing program has been designed to test and verify that individual components meet specification, component interfaces conform and component subsystems are integrated and tested. This allows Carnegie the opportunity to identify and remedy problems before deploying the CETO units offshore.
The time spent on integration testing provides significant benefit to the Perth Project as well as valuable input into the design of future CETO projects. The testing program has included testing of the buoyant actuators, pumps, connectors, onshore and offshore pods, hoses, instrumentation and control system.
Offshore preparations
Carnegie recently took advantage of some suitable weather windows to complete a number of final offshore preparations ahead of the deployment of the CETO units. These activities included the installation of the lower foundation connector which connects the CETO unit to the offshore foundation previously installed. In addition, Carnegie has installed the offshore mudmat which will provide the base for the subsea hydraulic pod that helps regulate the flow from the CETO unit through the pipeline to the onshore plant.
The short interconnection pipelines that connect the subsea pods to the rest of the pipeline system have also now been installed in preparation for the deployment of the CETO units and subsea pods.
Onshore plant construction completed
Final construction of the onshore plant, located on Garden Island, Western Australia, has been completed with the site and building works complete and the onshore hydraulic pod, motors, generators, process control system and grid connection also installed.
