Solar Panels

Solar panels are being installed on the roof of a Faculty Housing unit.

Prof. Hiroaki Kitano (above picture) and a team of researchers from Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc. designed the Open Energy System, which creates a network of energy that distributes power intelligently.

The Wave Energy project, which is kindly supported by Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives, will test prototype WEC-units on Kandooma island. The red arrow marks the experimental  site location, where the stable swells are arriving from the Indian Ocean in a southeasterly direction.

H.E. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Japan’s Ambassador to the United States talks at the ceremony of OIST Foundation launch.

The eco-friendly polymer can be added to soil, where it retains large quantities of water. This reduces the amount of water needed to irrigate crops.