Ocean Energy Tech Could Land Green Salmon on the Menu

Combining Tasmanian aquaculture with West Australian technology, ocean energy could produce the food of the future—”green salmon.” By harnessing the power of ocean swells, from a gentle one metre to more challenging conditions, floating salmon farms could use onboard electricity generation instead of fossil fuels to cut their carbon footprint. The natural movement of a vessel such as a salmon feed barge can power a belt-and-drive mechanism that generates electricity, resulting in zero emissions and less noise. In an Australian first, a tech firm Carnegie Clean Energy (CCE) has successfully tested the idea on a barge off North Fremantle. The company has been working with salmon and ocean trout producers Huon and Tassal on the technology called MoorPower to end a reliance on diesel generators on their massive offshore feed barges....