LOK SABHA
Over 15,000 MW of tidal power potential has been estimated in the country at Gulf of Kachchh & Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat and Durgaduani creek in Sunderbans in West Bengal. No tidal energy project has been installed in the country so far.
The major tidal power projects are in operation in France (240 MW), Canada (20 MW) and Russia (0.4 MW). No agreement has been signed with any country for technical collaboration in the area of tidal energy because their techno-economic viability has not been established for the Indian conditions so far.
Above information was given by Shri Vilas Muttemwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Non-Conventional Energy Sources in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
(Release ID :5776)