Itanagar, July 14 -- Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian company Tidal Sail AS for the implementation of a 500 kW River Kinetic Energy Demonstration Project, paving the way for India's first river kinetic energy demonstration plant in the state.
The MoU was signed between the Centre for Earth Sciences & Himalayan Studies (CES&HS), Government of Arunachal Pradesh, and Tidal Sail AS under the India-Norway Green Partnership.
Supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, and Innovation Norway, the project will demonstrate a technology that generates electricity directly from river currents without the need for major civil infrastructure, offering an enviro...