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This form of energy can be generated by using tidal range technologies, tidal current (often called tidal stream) technologies and hybrid technologies. Tidal range technologies produce electricity by making use of a barrage which can be a dam similar to that in hydropower or some other barrier. Devices used in tidal current technologies work similarly to a turbine deployed in wind energy to harness energy of tides, but these turbines use water to supply the captured energy. Technologies involved in tidal current are matured than wave energy owing to similarity of devices to wind turbine of the former. Tidal current energy converters are classified into three, which are further divided into six types (Wilberforce et al. 2019). These devices transform the kinetic energy of water into electricity. Tidal current energy could be mainly exploited along the coastal areas due to maximum availability of tides in these regions. Tidal stream energy is location‐dependent and at present, 106 locations are known in Europe which possess great potential for electricity production and 48 TWh/yr power can be generated using all these locations (Wilberforce et al. 2019).