Carnegie Wave Energy had always pitched “Ceto” as a combo producer, using submerged buoys anchored to the sea floor and tethered to pump units to deliver pressurized water onshore through a pipeline where it can both drive hydroelectric turbines and undergo reverse osmosis to remove impurities.

 

“Carnegie’s wave powered seawater desalination technology offers a novel and promising approach to achieving desalinated freshwater with zero greenhouse gas emissions,” Water Corporation CEO Sue Murphy said in a statement [PDF].