India's first wave-powered navigational buoy

India's first wave-powered navigational buoy

A buoy is an anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for anchorage.
A wave-powered navigational buoy, developed by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).

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 various other aspects, which would be relayed to port authorities, It was launched by Ministry of Earth Sciences on the eve of executive committee meeting of IEA-OES.
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