- Sindhuja-I translates to “created from the ocean” and is capable of generating electricity from sea waves.
- It was funded by the Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Australian Alumni Grant Scheme 2022.
- The storage system was designed by the MCKV Institute of Engineering, West Bengal and the GKC Institute of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal.
- The trial was successfully completed by the research team of IIT-Madras in collaboration with Virya Paramita Energy (VPE) Pvt. Ltd and MNNIT, Allahabad.
- The device is deployed 6 km off the coast of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu with a depth of 20 m.
- This Ocean Wave Energy Converter aims to generate 1 MW of power from ocean waves in the next 3 years.
Question:
Q.1 Which of the following institutes recently developed an Ocean Wave Energy Converter called Sindhuja-I?a. IIT-Mumbai
b. IIT-Madras
c. IIT-Delhi
d. IIT-Kanpur
