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.

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Seapower scrl

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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)?

Inactive

Project Life Cycle Project Progress through life cycle:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

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:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

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:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/GEMSTAR_The_Oceans_Kite. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.

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GEMSTAR The Oceans Kite

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