🎉There’s a lot happening in Albany this year with their bicentennial celebrations. As part of this milestone, don’t miss your last chance this weekend to experience #KariKola's mesmerising “Lighting the Sound” installation lighting up the Albany waterfront. We’re excited to continue being part of Albany’s celebrations in 2026, with our team gearing up for a busy year ahead as we progress our Large Scale Pilot Wave Energy project. There’s plenty happening in this amazing town, and WaveX is thrilled to play a role in its next chapter. #Albany2026 #waveenergy #CityofAlbany #AlbanyCCI #MERA 🌊 ❎ Photo Credit to Krysta Guille Photography.
WaveX: Wave Powered Generators
Renewable Energy Power Generation
Nedlands, Western Australia 1,886 followers
A global business helping marine & coastal infrastructure reduce costs and enhance capability with our wave energy IP.
About us
Backed by more than 20 years in the offshore engineering industry, WaveX is a vertically integrated renewable energy business that helps coastal and offshore infrastructure lower the cost of electricity consumption, using our protected wave energy generator IP, the D-Spar. We are developing a new generation of wave energy technology that targets deep water, and is scalable, durable and commercial.
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www.roc-tech.com.au
External link for WaveX: Wave Powered Generators
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- Renewable Energy Power Generation
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Nedlands, Western Australia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2023
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22 Stirling Hwy
Level 1
Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, AU
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🎉 Seabed License Milestone unlocked for WaveX in Albany 🎉 WaveX has received a seabed licence from Southern Ports for the deployment of our Large Scale Pilot Wave Powered Generator in Albany. This approval clears the way for our move from planning, into open‑water execution. At WaveX: Wave Powered Generators, we’re focused on delivering clean, reliable ocean energy that complements wind and solar - and doing it in a way that is responsible and community minded as we build a long-term pathway for marine renewables. Albany unlocks our ability to demonstrate our use-cases across industry, defence and of course - abundant green electricity. A huge thank you to Southern Ports Authority for the constructive engagement, and to our partners The University of Western Australia / Marine Energy Research Australia , including Wiebke Ebeling, for the collaboration and groundwork that continues to strengthen Albany’s position as a globally relevant wave energy test location. If you’re interested in wave energy, offshore renewables, or regional industrial opportunity in WA — hit “follow”. #WaveEnergy #RenewableEnergy #OceanEnergy #AlbanyWA #WesternAustralia #CleanTech #EnergyTransition #Ports #MarineEngineering
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Thanks to WinDC and their technology partner Armada for hosting WaveX: Wave Powered Generators at the launch of their first modular data centre on the iconic Circular Quay. What a show and what an opportunity!
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Recently took a guided tour of the NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Laboratory with Noel Boylan and Behnaz Abdollahzadeh. NGI are testing our recently collected samples from King George Sound for our Large Scale Pilot WEC deployment. Great facility, NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute are leading the way with testing for the renewables sector in APAC. 🌊 ❎ #renewables #waveenergy #marinerenewables
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... and that's how you do vibro-coring ... 6 cores in 2hrs incident free at the wave energy test site in King George Sound in #AlbanyWA. The samples are already being analysed at the NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, ready for helical anchor pile design by The University of Western Australia (UWA Oceans Institute). This forms a core part of our research into #helicalpiles as #sharedanchors in the wave energy industry, and marine renewables including #floatingwind more broadly. Shout-out to Tim Green who managed the whole program with Quaternary Resources Pty Ltd and brought the activity in under budget and ahead of schedule, and his trusty TA Nick Barratt. #OffshoreEnergy #MarineRenewables #OceanEngineering #WaveEnergy #ProjectDelivery #AheadOfSchedule #SharedAnchors #OffshoreWind
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Wendy Chen's presentation at West Tech Fest last year resonated with the team at WaveX and we've been in conversation ever since, from Australia to the The World Economic Forum on Telegram by GRT: Weltwirtschaftsforum Forum économique mondial WEF Davos. Through an insightful and global lens on the #energytransition, check out this article from Wendy in Climate & Capital Media which looks at WaveX: Wave Powered Generators. Having completed our capital raise last year, we're looking forward to providing Wendy with further updates as we head towards #firstelectricity with our large scale pilot, right here in #WesternAustralia. #ClimateCapital #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #ClimateTech #SustainableInfrastructure #NetZero #InnovationLeadership #OceanEnergy #WaveEnergy #WEF
Can legacy industries help accelerate the energy transition? I met Simon Renwick at West Tech Fest in Perth in December. Simon founded WaveX: Wave Powered Generators after more than two decades working on offshore LNG structures in Western Australia. What stayed with me wasn't the hype about wave energy, but his practical and commercial thinking around the engineering design. His team is made up largely of former oil and gas engineers who have designed systems that sit in the ocean for decades, under constant stress, where failures are financially destructible. That experience and knowledge shows up in the design - fewer moving parts, no underwater mechanical or electrical systems. A focus on maintenance and durability from day one. Wave energy has had strong academic foundations for years. The harder question is whether it can be built, financed, and maintained at commercial scale. That is where field experience from the legacy industry plays a critical role. The same theme came up when I spent time with May Liew at the TPC (Tsao Pao Chee) House in Davos this year. Along with OCTAVE Capital, shipping dynasties and executives Odfjell SE and Motion Ventures are backing bound4blue, where technologies like wind-assisted propulsion deliver the operational case firsthand: lower fuel use / emissions, real cost savings, and systems that integrate with existing vessels. As clean technologies move from research environments into real infrastructure, the skill set shifts. Commercial viability depends on cost discipline, risk management, and understanding how assets behave over long lifetimes. Legacy industries are often criticized in climate discussions. Yet their operational knowledge and capital are likely to play a role in whether new technologies actually scale. Full article in Climate & Capital Media in link below. Kari Huus Barclay Palmer Michael Sheldrick Kali Norman Brianna Peake Government of Western Australia CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation
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We had the pleasure of visiting the WaveX: Wave Powered Generators team today for their model testing on the Swan River. After achieving a milestone last week by producing their first electrocity, WaveX are a great reminder of what focused innovation and the right team can achieve. WaveX’s journey says it all: from CERI program participants, to startup residents, and now Launch@22 scale-up residents. It’s exactly the kind of founder pathway we love to see, and one that’s clearly gaining momentum. With rapid progress and serious ambition, WaveX are definitely ones to watch in 2026. It’s shaping up to be their biggest year yet. #WaveEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Innovation #CleanTech #OceanEnergy #MadeInWA
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It's a special moment as a power generator - we're pleased to announce we've produced our first electricity. #CleanEnergy In just 4 months we've designed, built and now tested our PTO ("power take-off" or power generator) using off-the-shelf components including the test rig. #MadeInWA And this speed of development will scale. We have no underwater moving parts which means we use a "dry" PTO - a key differentiator - allowing us to adapt already proven electrical solutions, to our hydrodynamic smarts. That means a hyper-charged pathway to market and commercialisation. #Innovation A big shout out to the WaveX: Wave Powered Generators team, Luke Roughan from Scope Engineering, Department of Energy and Economic Diversification for the Innovation Booster Grant. #WaveEnergy #RenewableEnergy #CleanTech #EnergyTransition #WAEnerg #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #WAGovernment #NetZero #GreenFuture
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What a way to start 2026. An MOU to progress a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Discovery Bay Tourism Precinct (including Albany's Historic Whaling Station) and WaveX: Wave Powered Generators have signed an MOU to progress a PPA to offtake the future generation of persistent, green electricity from our Albany Large Scale Pilot Project. Thank you to Jen Bane CEO at DBTP, Tim Green and Graham Prentice for getting this across the line. It's virtually the only wave energy test centre in the southern hemisphere – so greatly appreciate the ongoing support to make this happen. We’re looking forward to harnessing this #sovereignresource – sitting on our doorstep completely untapped – and delivering this #MadeinWA potential to enhance the local grid. #WaveEnergy, #CleanEnergyPartnership, #Decarbonisation, #WesternAustralia, #EnergyTransition, #AlbanyWA, #GreatSouthernWA #TourismWA Department of Energy and Economic Diversification, Energy Policy WA, The University of Western Australia, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, UWA Oceans Institute, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
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This week we're back at work pushing forward with our Large Scale Pilot due for completion this year. CY2026 will be pivotal for WaveX: Wave Powered Generators. Join us on the journey by following us on Linkedin for the latest updates.
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