Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced that the construction earthworks for the Onshore Power and Desalination Plants has commenced on Garden Island, Western Australia.
The earthworks for the Perth Wave Energy Project commenced this week providing visible confirmation of the significant level of planning and permissions that have been established for the project. Over recent months the management activities set out in the construction and environmental management plans for the Perth Wave Energy Project have been enacted so as to enable construction to commence. The first construction activity to be undertaken on Garden Island is the levelling and compaction of the floor of the old quarry site for the Onshore Power and Desalination Plants. This work also includes the installation of soakwells and tanks that will form part of the drainage and fluid storage system and will be followed by the erection of the plant building and hardstand area.
The earthworks on Garden Island forms the first in a series of construction activities with the construction of the Onshore Plant building and the commencement of offshore works to follow.
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Press release, September 25, 2013; Image: carnegiewave