Public summary
Our research has been key to the development of investor confidence in an emerging UK tidal stream industry. We have contributed to the development and validation of commercial and open-source software for tidal stream system design and our expertise has been instrumental to the successful delivery of major objectives of two national industry-academia marine energy projects commissioned by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Taken together, these outcomes have reduced engineering risks that had been of concern to potential investors. Investor confidence in tidal energy has been increased, as highlighted by Alstom’s £65m acquisition of a turbine developer following a key outcome of the ETI ReDAPT project.| Impact date | 2014 |
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| Category of impact | Economic, Environmental, Technological |
| Impact level | Adoption |
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Energy
- Sustainable Futures
- Institute for Data Science and AI
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Projects
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Offshore Engineering and Energy
Project: Research
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Research output
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Turbulent flow and loading on a tidal stream turbine by LES and RANS
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A mixing-length model for shallow turbulent wakes
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Interactions between tidal turbine wakes: Experimental study of a group of three-bladed rotors
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental measurements of irregular wave interaction factors in closely spaced arrays
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review