India has potential to generate more than 8,000 megawatts of tidal energy, the renewable-energy ministry said Tuesday.
India
has
potential to generate more than 8,000 megawatts of tidal energy, the
renewable-energy ministry said Tuesday.
The
Gulf of Cambay
in the west has tidal energy potential of 7,000
MW, the
Gulf of Kutch
in western
Gujarat
state
has about 1,200 MW and the Gangetic delta in the Sunderbans region in eastern
West
Bengal
state has potential of about 100 MW, the ministry said in a statement.
Tidal energy converts energy from the movement of the ocean's tides into
electricity but isn't widely used due to difficulties in accessing the required
technology, high costs and limited locations.
The ministry said it is considering giving financial incentives of 50% of the
project cost to state-run agencies for the development of tidal energy projects
on a cost-sharing basis.
The ministry also said it has sanctioned a pilot project to set up a 3.75 MW
tidal energy plant at Durgaduani Creek in the Sunderbans. The project is to be
set up by the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency and state-run
hydroelectric power producer NHPC Ltd.
Besides, the Gujarat government has formed a unit to explore opportunities for
tidal energy on its coastline and has signed an agreement with U.K.-based
Atlantis Resource Corp. and the Gujarat Power Corp. for a 50 MW tidal energy
project, the statement said.
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