Turbulence changes due to a tidal stream turbine operation in the Pentland Firth (Scotland, UK)
The high tidal stream resource in the Pentland Firth (Scotland, UK) has encouraged the development of commercial scale tidal farms. This work is a modelling study primarily focused on how the layout of arrays determines the extractable power and may affect physical processes in the region. Furthermore, the study provides information about submarine turbine maintenance. Tidal dynamics in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters (PFOW) have been reproduced by a three-dimensional FVCOM model implementation.