Southern Ocean Mariculture (SOM), an abalone farm located in Victoria, Australia, was the subject for this real-life case study. SOM had invested in the largest solar array it could install without becoming a solar farm, but its electricity supply remained highly variable.
Project AquaGrid’s objective was to design a hybrid microgrid system that combined Azura wave energy technology, existing 250kw solar array, storage and a limited amount of diesel to supply 24/7 electricity for SOM.
Australia’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) funded the project to support their strategic objective of developing scalable alternative energy solutions to strengthen the resilience of Australian aquaculture to a changing climate and help the sector decarbonise. The expert team included the Australian Ocean Energy Group, Deloitte Emissions Solutions, Syncline Energy and Southern Ocean Mariculture.
The positive findings from this stage, have confirmed ocean energy microgrids as technically feasible innovative solutions for the industry. Azura now is leading the development and build of the microgrid system in partnership with SOM.
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