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Siap+Micros launches the first buoy of the new ISPRA National Wave Network, off the coast of Venice

After a period of intense design and construction activities conducted in the San Fior (TV) plant, Siap+Micros has started the project for the positioning of the new POSEID1 model Buoys, constituting the new release of the ISPRA National Wavemetric Network.

This ambitious initiative has recently included the launch of the first Wavemetric Buoy, positioned off the coast of the Venice Lagoon on November 7, 2024, which will soon be joined by the others, distributed around the coasts of Italy to form an efficient monitoring network of marine and marine-weather parameters, for a total of 16 new elements composing the RON.

Thanks to the design choices followed by the development team, concerning every aspect relating to the instruments, from the sensor equipment to the materials, up to the use of environmentally sustainable protective paints, the POSEID1 buoys exceed the state of the art of the sector, representing an exceptionally advanced instrument for monitoring in the marine environment.

Each buoy will measure in real time the values ​​of wave height, current, water quality parameters and meteorological variables, will be equipped with a webcam and will communicate the data through the satellite vector, representing a valuable monitoring system for ISPRA.

With this project, Siap+Micros strongly consolidates its presence in the monitoring sector in a challenging environment such as the marine one, further increasing its decades-long experience in the sector.