to be clear, these projects represent some 600 MW of current 5,000 MW, and almost all near shore. Further, all of the turbines are standard onshore turbines upgraded to deal with marine conditions. All installed before the development of true offshore turbine technology. They bear little relation to the majority  of the current 5GW.

to assess performance, we must be able to look at projects installed after 2009, primarily Round 2 UK. These begin to represent the current state of the art.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin