ACHIEVE Programme Update
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
30 JULY 2025
ACHIEVE Programme Update
Carnegie Clean Energy (ASX: CCE) (“Carnegie” or the “Company”) wishes to provide an update on
activities underway as part of the ACHIEVE Programme – the Company’s flagship programme which
will deploy a CETO unit at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) test site in the Basque Country
with support from regional, national and European funders. Over recent months the team has made
important strides in fabrication, manufacturing, site preparation and sub-system testing with support
from a capable supply chain located in the Basque Country and across Europe. Over the coming
months, fabrication and assembly will lead to final system integration testing and ultimately
deployment at the Company’s reserved berth at BiMEP.
Following a successful Investor Roadshow in Germany, Carnegie's CEO Jonathan Fiévez and Chairman
Anthony Shields visited SKF's Schweinfurt facility last week to inspect the ACHIEVE manufacturing and
assembly activities underway and discuss our strategic partnership.
Carnegie inspecting ACHIEVE Components at SKF (left and center)
and viewing SKF’s manufacturing capablities (right)
The Company’s partnership with SKF on the CETO power take-off (PTO) system for the ACHIEVE CETO
Unit allows the team to leverage SKF’s world-class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, which
are crucial for optimising performance and enhancing the reliability of our CETO technology. After
early involvement in the PTO bearing and shaft design, SKF was contracted to manufacture key
elements of the PTO units for the ACHIEVE Programme. In addition, SKF will undertake the assembly
and testing of the three PTO units in advance of deployment.
In addition to the PTO work underway at SKF, the Carnegie team has been focused on manufacturing
and procuring all the necessary components for the ACHIEVE CETO Unit; from electrical, mechanical,
structural, moorings, foundations, control, sensors and more. Through this process, the team has been
working closely with the supply chain to ensure the equipment meets the prescribed specifications
and requirements while also managing the interfaces between key sub-systems and suppliers.
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CETO components undergoing fabrication, assembly and testing
Some components are fully fabricated and ready for integration while there have been delays in the
contracting and manufacturing stage for other components. The sources of these delays are varied
and include difficult market conditions, supplier delays, manufacturing challenges and system
interface management. The unit completion (assembly and testing) has now been delayed by several
months which has caused knock-on impacts for the integration and deployment schedule. The team
was targeting deployment in 2025 but the unit completion delays will impact this timeline. Following
unit completion, deployment will be scheduled subject to prevailing weather conditions. The team
continues working diligently with suppliers to accelerate delivery and will utilise any additional time
in the schedule effectively to support the technical and commercial objectives of the Company. As
with any first of a kind manufacturing process, there have been valuable learnings which will benefit
subsequent CETO projects such as the 6MW CETO Array announced recently.
Pre-deployment activities have commenced at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) to ensure
that the Berth is prepared for CETO deployment. To date this has included BiMEP undertaking their
own essential site works at Carnegie’s berth in order to remove historical equipment and the
subsequent deployment of new Sofar Ocean wave buoys. These buoys provide valuable data and
support knowledge about real-time site conditions. These small but capable wave buoys will provide
valuable live-streamed data throughout the ACHIEVE Programme.
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Pre-deployment activities at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform
With subcomponent testing for the transformer, electrical, and control systems already successfully
completed, upcoming testing activities will involve the comprehensive testing of the PTO units at SKF.
These units will undergo thorough testing at the SKF Schweinfurt facility once SKF completes their
manufacturing activities, receives all externally produced components and completes PTO assembly.
TMC facility undertaking transformer testing (left) and Carnegie staff undertaking
Electrical and control system testing at SEI (right)
In addition to the technical activities outlined above, the team has maintained active engagement with
key funders and stakeholders of the ACHIEVE Programme, including the EuropeWave Buyers Group,
Ente Vasco de la Energía, IDAE (Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía) and Export
Finance Australia. Recent achievements include drawdown of two further EuropeWave Milestone
payments and the successful System Integration Review undertaken with the EuropeWave Buyers
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Group, an important activity under the EuropeWave contract. The Company will continue to provide
updates as manufacturing, assembly and testing of the ACHIEVE CETO Unit progress.
View and engage with this announcement on Carnegie’s new Investor Hub:
https://investors.carnegiece.com/link/LeoaYP
This announcement has been authorised by the Secretary and CEO.
For more information
Carnegie Clean Energy Limited
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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 ACHIEVE PROGRAMME
Through this collaborative initiative, Carnegie will
deploy and operate a CETO prototype at the Basque
Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque
Country, Spain, marking a key step on CETO’s
commercialisation pathway. The CETO Unit will
operate for up to 2 years in this open ocean site and
the data collected will be used to validate the
performance of the CETO technology and propel it
along the commercialisation pathway.
The ACHIEVE Programme is an initiative being
delivered by Carnegie’s subsidiaries CETO Wave
Energy Ireland under contract by EuropeWave Buyers
Group (ACHIEVE Project) and Carnegie Technologies
Spain with the support of funding awarded by the Spanish Government through the RENMARINAS
Demos Programme (AGUAMARINA Project) and the Basque Government through a grant from the
Ente Vasco de la Energia (ACHIEVE+ Project).
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ABOUT EUROPEWAVE
EuropeWave PCP is an innovative R&D programme for wave
energy technology, which runs from 2022 to 2026. It combines
over €22.5m of national, regional and EU funding to drive a
competitive Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) programme
for wave energy.
Originally pioneered by the Wave Energy Scotland programme, the PCP model provides a structured
approach, fostering greater openness, collaboration and sharing of risk between the public sector and
technology developers. The programme will focus on the design, development, and demonstration of
cost-effective wave energy converter (WEC) systems for electrical power production that can survive
in the harsh ocean environment.
Match-funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, EuropeWave is a collaboration between Wave
Energy Scotland (WES), the Basque Energy Agency (EVE) and Ocean Energy Europe (OEE). This
collaboration is closely aligned with the decarbonisation, industrial and competitiveness objectives of
the European Green Deal, and is part of a range of actions being taken to meet the European
Commission’s targets of 100MW of ocean energy by 2027 and at least 1GW by 2030.
The EuropeWave Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 883751.
https://www.europewave.eu/
ABOUT RENMARINAS DEMOS
The RENMARINAS DEMOS Programme was established by Spain’s Ministerio para la Transición
Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge)
to grant aid for investment in pilot projects, test platforms and port infrastructure for marine
renewables. This was established within the framework of the European Union-funded Recovery,
Transformation and Resilience Plan, Next Generation EU. The programme provides aid in the form of
a non-refundable grant managed by IDAE, Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía
(Institute for Diversifcation and Energy Saving).
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ABOUT ENTE VASCO DE LA ENERGIA (EVE)
The Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) is the Basque Country's energy agency, a
public body established by the Basque Government. EVE serves as a central
force in the region's energy sector, with a focus on the promotion of energy
efficiency, the expansion of renewable energy sources, the development of
sustainable energy policy, and the advancement of innovative energy technologies. The funding has
been provided through the Grants programme for investment in the demonstration and validation of
emerging marine renewable energy technologies 2023 to further support the ACHIEVE Programme.
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