Funding Award for MoorPower Commercial Pilot Design
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
26 JUNE 2025
Design of MoorPower Commercial Pilot advances with
award of $335k Blue Economy CRC Funding
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Blue Economy CRC has awarded $335,020 to fund preliminary design activities aimed at
unlocking investment in a first MoorPower Commercial Pilot Project.
Carnegie will partner with Huon Aquaculture, Advanced Composite Systems Australia, the
University of Tasmania and several key subcontractors to deliver the works.
Builds on learnings from Carnegie’s successful validation of MoorPower technology and
bridges between the completed Scaled Demonstrator and the first Commercial Pilot.
Project will refine the MoorPower design for commercial scale aquaculture applications.
Close collaboration with Huon will lay the groundwork for the next stage, an intended
deployment of MoorPower on an operating feeding barge.
Carnegie Clean Energy (ASX: CCE) (“Carnegie” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Blue
Economy Cooperative Research Centre (Blue Economy CRC) has awarded $335,020 for Carnegie to
deliver preliminary design for a commercial MoorPower System; with the funded activities aimed to
unlock investment in the deployment of MoorPower on an operating feeding barge in a subsequent
MoorPower Commercial Pilot Project.
Carnegie will deliver this project alongside partners Huon Aquaculture, Advanced Composite
Structures Australia and the University of Tasmania and with support from specialist subcontractors.
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The key Preliminary Design Project activities include:
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Scale and optimise the MoorPower system design for operating feeding barges using learnings
from the successful MoorPower Scaled Demonstrator Project.
Undertake in-depth assessment of aquaculture’s operational parameters and requirements,
including existing mooring system configurations, barge movements, survey compliance
requirements and more.
This project follows the successful completion of the MoorPower Scaled Demonstrator Project in 2024
and aims to deliver the required detail to unlock investment in a Commercial Pilot Project, which
would be the first commercial application of the MoorPower technology in the aquaculture industry.
In parallel with the preliminary design work, Carnegie and the Blue Economy CRC will continue
collaborating to secure the required investment to unlock commitment to build and operate the first
commercial MoorPower system.
The Commercial MoorPower Preliminary Design Project is fully cash funded by the Blue Economy CRC
with an additional in-kind contribution of approximately $417k of in-kind value provided by all the
Project Partners.
View and engage with this announcement on Carnegie’s new Investor Hub:
https://investors.carnegiece.com/link/XyOwVy
This announcement has been authorised by the Company Secretary and CEO.
For more information
Carnegie Clean Energy Limited
+61 8 6168 8400
enquiries@carnegiece.com
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ABOUT MOORPOWER
As the aquaculture sector expands further offshore, a need for clean and reliable energy emerges,
with current reliance on diesel generators incurring significant costs, risks, and carbon emissions for
operations on moored vessels across the Blue Economy. Carnegie's solution is MoorPower, a
technology derived from our CETO wave energy converter, specifically designed to address these
offshore energy demands. MoorPower aims to replace diesel generation by providing clean, wavegenerated power for electrical loads on offshore aquaculture barges and vessels. In 2024, Carnegie
commissioned, deployed, and successfully deployed the MoorPower Demonstrator Project in
collaborations with the Blue Economy CRC and partners. Learn more about MoorPower:
https://carnegiece.com/moorpower/
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Phone: +61 8 6168 8400 | www.carnegiece.com | ABN 69 009 237 736
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ABOUT CARNEGIE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Carnegie Clean Energy (ASX: CCE) is a technology developer focused on delivering ocean energy
technologies to make the world more sustainable. Carnegie Technologies Spain and CETO Wave
Energy Ireland are wholly owned subsidiaries of Carnegie Clean Energy. Carnegie is the owner and
developer of the CETO® and MoorPower® technologies, which capture energy from ocean waves and
convert it into electricity. Using the latest advances in artificial intelligence and electric machines,
Carnegie optimally controls our technologies and generates electricity in the most efficient way
possible. The company has a long history in ocean energy with a track record of world leading
developments. https://www.carnegiece.com
ABOUT BLUE ECONOMY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER (CRC)
The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is established and supported under the
Australian Government’s CRC Program, grant number CRC-20180101. The CRC Program supports
industry-led collaborations between industry, researchers and the community. With a 10-year life, the
Blue Economy CRC brings together 44 industry, government, and research partners from ten countries
with expertise in aquaculture, marine renewable energy, maritime engineering, environmental
assessments and policy and regulation. Further information about the CRC Program is available at
www.business.gov.au.
View the collaboration on the MoorPower Preliminary Design on the Blue Economy CRC’s dedicated
website https://blueeconomycrc.com.au/project/moorpower-commercial-prototype-prelim-design
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Phone: +61 8 6168 8400 | www.carnegiece.com | ABN 69 009 237 736
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