Initiatives of India to harness Tidal Energy

                    India is making all efforts to take advantage and harness its Renewable Energy Resources. As it has sea along three of its sides so is enriched with abundant Tidal Energy Resource. In addition to Solar Energy, India is blessed with abundant Tidal Energy Resource. India has seperate Ministry for development of Renewable Energy i.e  MNRE ' Ministry of New and Renewable Energy '. As per MNRE, a study was undertaken for the assessment of tidal energy potential in the country; and from the study it is noticed that there is an estimated potential of tidal energy of the order of 8000 MW in the country. This includes about 7000 MW in the Gulf of Cambay and 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.