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Vestmanna DG100 Tidal Kite System
In December 2020, Minesto reached the milestone of delivering electricity to the Faroese grid from the DG100 tidal kite system in Vestmanna. This historical achievement – the first time a tidal kite has produced electricity to grid – was the result of a successful installation, testing and commissioning program during the summer and autumn 2020.
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Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Active
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
Operational
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 Start Year
December 2020
Project Start Year
2018
Energy Resource
- Tidal
Project Scale
Full-scale
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
Vestmanna, Faroe Islands
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
Constricted Channel
Country
Denmark
Last Modified
10 June 2025
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“Vestmanna DG100 Tidal Kite System.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Vestmanna_DG100_Tidal_Kite_System. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Vestmanna DG100 Tidal Kite System." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Vestmanna_DG100_Tidal_Kite_System.
