Australian delegation visits Israel-based Eco Wave Power to view tidal energy project

This week, Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Ivor Frischknecht, traveled to Israel where they visited Tel Aviv-based Eco Wave Power’s (EWP) tidal energy project in Jaffa Port.

During the trip, said Frydenberg in an announcement from the ministry, “Along with the business delegation, I will meet several clean energy companies.”
The delegation visited the east side of Gibraltar where EWP has operated a 100-kW grid-connected tidal energy project since May 2016, according to EWP. EWP hopes that eventually the project will produce 5 MW for the Gibraltar grid.

EWP units feature a shaped floater head, which is attached via a hinge-like structure to the end of a static platform. The floating head causes the arm to rise and fall based on wave motion, thus creating the movement needed for power generation.