Baiona is ratified as the ideal setting for the development of tests for students and Makers

Marine Instruments, a technological innovation company that has its operational base at the industrial site of Porto do Molle, in Nigran, relaunch a further edition of the Solar Regata, an annual meeting with innovation that promotes energy efficiency between schoolchildren and makers by building solar prototypes.

After the success of the previous call, the fifth for the boats and the first for the solar cars, Marine Instruments promotes both proposals by incorporating new and amended rules of procedure for both types.

The first is the unification of secondary education and vocational training cycles, which, starting next year, will compete together, creating the category of educational centres.

With regard to the Solar Carrera, a new division is created under the name of Families, to which they will bring in family units, provided that the pilot is under 16 years of age.

Baiona will again be the venue of the two calls, to be held on Saturday, 20 June 2020, making the Baionese concello one of the main promoters of the meeting with youth, technological innovation and now families.

The requirements of the vessels and of the cars are governed by rules common to all the participants developed by Marine Instruments and that the only energy used will be the solar, generated by the official panel of 100 W for the boats and 50 W for the cars, not allowing the use of electric accumulators. Both the panel and the auxiliary batteries delivered by Marine Instruments will be the only valid materials.

The jury will be made up of responsible for different areas of Marine Instruments: Francisco Pino, Director of R & D; Bruno Lema, Head of the Hardware Area; and several Marine Instruments Hardware engineers who will reward the Efficiency and Design of each prototype.