IITM naval arch engineer makes solar ferries a reality in Kerala & India
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CO2 emissions from water transport usually got only a footnote. Not any longer. Along with
IMO mandates for shipping to reduce
sulphur pollution, CO2 emissions from water transport is increasingly on the radar.
Sandith Thandasherry, a naval architect from
Kerala, has pioneered the design and development of solar powered boats to reduce diesel use. His startup NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats Pvt Ltd, has built the 20-metre-long
catamaran ferry boat made from glass-reinforced plastic with solar panels on its roof.
His boats have already started playing Kerala’s waters.
I remember meeting Sandith in Cochin about three years back, when I was the moderator of an
KSIDC panel discussion. When I came to know his alma mater was also Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and that he had studied naval architecture, it was hugely satisfying – someone from IITM Naval Arch actually doing something with his education right in India is worth being impressed about.
EAI INCLINE wishes Sandith the very best with his solar ferries.
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