King Island is a remote island community and it’s not connected to a mainland electricity supply. Electricity on the island was generated entirely from diesel fuel, from the 6-megawatt (MW) power station; serving 12-gigawatt hours (GWh) of annual customer demand and peaking at 2.5 MW. So now Wave Swell Energy (WSE) has deployed its newest 200KW Wave Powered Clean Energy Generator by the coast of King Island, Tasmania. Along with Hydro Tasmania, WSE has connected its generator’s output to the local power grid. The King Island Renewable Integration Project (KIREIP) was an initiative of Hydro Tasmania with the assistance of … Continue reading King Island Tasmania Gets A 200KW Wave Powered Clean Energy Generator.