Greentech Lead India: India has a potential of 8000 MW
tidal energy, said Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah in
the Lok Sabha.
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.
To exploit the potential of this, the 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.