Possibility of a tidal power plant in Sandwip Island of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has long been suffering from energy starvation with its dense population of almost 160 million. Energy crisis of Bangladesh has reached to the very last level and power generation is the top priority of the present government. Government has taken some policies to increase the power generation to meet the crisis. But it is evident that in near future we have to switch from fuels to renewable sources of energy for power generation. In this paper the analysis of tidal data of 5 different sites of Bangladesh is presented to propose a suitable site to install tidal turbine for generating power from tidal source. This proposal is expected to make the best use of tidal energy available in the isolated areas and to help to solve the power crisis of the country.