CHENNAI: Team Sea Sakthi, a group of 14 Engineering students from Kumaraguru College od Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu have become the first and only team to represent India in nine years at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2022.
Months of research, hard work in designing and redesigning paid off to the team when the students-made zero emission, sustainable boat model “Yazhi” emerged as the star of the trial round conducted at the Chennai port on 10 May, 2022.
Yazhi was designed as a sustainable energy boat with numerous eco-friendly features starting from cockpit made of aluminium to the solar panels employed to power the boat. The boat comprises two power sources that are renewable and sustainable and uses Mono PERC technology. It was designed and built in the KCT garage and was launched in the college campus of KCT prior to the trial round on 6 May, 2022.
Team Sea Sakthi met V Senthilbalaji, Minister of electricity, Tamil Nadu, to brief about the project and its significance from an energy perspective. He also conveyed his best wishes to the team on his Twitter page.
Faced with environmental and technical challenges that require an urgent response to move forward, the Yacht Club de Monaco aims to be the driving force behind a new vision for yachting and to promote any positive approaches through this unique event – Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2022 which is to be held from July 4 to July 9.
This competition is a boat racing challenge for university students as an initiative to support clean energy in the marine industry. It is notable that only one team per country gets this prestigious invite to represent its country.
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