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India's first wave-powered navigational buoy
November 16 , 2017
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- India's first wave-powered navigational buoy, developed by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), was launched in Chennai.
- The buoy, deployed at Ennore Kamarajar Port by Ministry of Earth Sciences on the eve of executive committee meeting of IEA (International Energy Agency)-OES (Ocean Energy Systems).
- A buoy is an anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for anchorage.
- This buoy for guiding ships, is powered by wave energy while conventional ones use solar power, it stores energy generated by waves in a battery.
- It will guide ships in and out of ports, navigate through a designated channel.
- The buoy would be able to record data on wind speed and direction and various other aspects, which would be relayed to port authorities.
IEA-OES meeting
- 33rd executive committee meeting of International Energy Agency-Ocean Energy Systems Collaboration Programme (IEA-OES) held recently.
- Ocean Energy Systems Technology Collaboration Programme is an intergovernmental collaboration between countries.
- It operates under the framework established by the International Energy Agency.
- India became a member of the forum in April 2017. By this India would have access to advanced research and development teams, technologies and data in the area of ocean energy across the world.
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