The Minister of New and Renewable
Energy, DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH
informed Lok Sabha on December 7 that in order to exploit tidal power,
Government of Gujarat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding in
January 2011 for establishing a 250 MW tidal power project in Gulf of
Kutch with Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. (GPCL), Vadodara, M/s
Atlantis Resource Corporation, United Kingdom and Perfect Mining Energy
Solutions, Singapore. A Special Purpose Vehicle has been incorporated in
May, 2011 and GPCL has taken up a 50 MW tidal power project at Mandavi
in district Kutch in first phase. There is no other tidal power project
under consideration.
In eighties, a study was undertaken by Central Electricity Authority,
New Delhi for the assessment of tidal energy potential in the country.
According to the study, there is an estimated potential of about 8000 MW
tidal energy in the country. This includes about 7000 MW in the Gulf
of Cambay, 1200 MW in the Gulf of Kutch in the State of Gujarat and
about 100 MW in the Gangetic Delta in the Sunderbans region in the State
of West Bengal.
Wow, tidal power machines are in very deed required in India. There are a lot of factors to develop this renewable energy industry in the country.
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