Researchers associated with IIT Madras have built and deployed a system that is capable of generating electricity using energy from sea waves. The system, known as Sindhuja-I, was deployed by researchers approximately six kilometers from the coast of Tuticorin based in Tamil Nadu, where the sea has a depth of approximately 20 meters.
Sindhuja-I can is capable of producing 100 watts of energy. It is going to be scaled up to yield one megawatt of energy within the next three years.
Right now, if...