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GEMSTAR The Oceans Kite
The horizontal axis marine turbine GEM “the Ocean’s Kite” is a hydrokinetic turbine designed to produce clean energy exploiting slow-moving flows of water, namely river, tidal or water currents in general First full-scale prototype, built by a consortium of Venetian companies and partially sponsored by Veneto Regional Authority, has been deployed in the Venice Lagoon. Expected power is about 20 kW with lagoon maximum current speed of 1.5 m / s.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Completed
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
0.1 MW
Operational Duration
2012 - 2012
Project Duration
2005 - 2012
Energy Resource
- Tidal
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Waterbody
Venice Lagoon
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Enclosed Bay
Country
Italy
Last Modified
10 June 2025
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“GEMSTAR The Oceans Kite.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/GEMSTAR_The_Oceans_Kite. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "GEMSTAR The Oceans Kite." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/GEMSTAR_The_Oceans_Kite.
