A project to harness wave energy on the Chatham Islands has been
awarded funding under the government's Marine Energy Deployment Fund,
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
The proposal put forward by Chatham Islands Marine Energy Ltd
(CHIME), to install a shore-based device to capture wave energy, has
been awarded $2.16 million, subject to conditions, including receiving
resource consent.
The project will see the construction of an oscillating water column
to power two 110 kilowatt Wells turbines. The device will be installed
on the south-west coast of Chatham Island, and will supply electricity
into the island's electricity network.
Chatham Islands Management Limited Ron
Tuuta Trustee and Chatham Islands Ports Limited Director have been contracted
as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust until
this position is filled.
We welcome La Toya Hough to
the staff; La Toya replaced Deidre Thomas as our cleaner.
CIET Trustees, Councillors
and Iwi/Imi Trustees have made the decision to meet monthly to attend monthly
Whanaungatanga (Relationship) Hui, each governance group has a turn at hosting
and the aim of these hui is for the groups to let each other know what is
happening within their organizations merely as a communication tool these hui
are informal and no set agenda is made but at times there have been requests
for a particular item to be discussed.
