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• Offshore
• Introduction
• Round 1
• Round 2
• FAQs
• Offshore wind briefing sheet
• Offshore photos
• UK Wind Energy Database
• Health & safety
• Stakeholders
• COWRIE

Offshore Wind

These pages contain information about offshore wind energy in the UK and around the world. The second round of offshore wind development around the UK 'Round 2' is now fully underway, and 4 projects from 'Round 1' are already generating. Click on the links on the right to see where the projects are and who is developing them.

Offshore Wind Information

• Guide to how an offshore wind farm works
• Projects around the world
• BWEA Best Practice Guidelines for Consultation for Offshore Wind Development
• BWEA Recommendations for Fisheries Liaison
• Framework for dialogue between the fishing and wind farm industries
• Study of Socio-Economic Impacts of R2 Offshore Windfarms on Fishing Activities - Q&A
• Click here to find out about the Marine Bill and Marine Spatial Planning

Latest Offshore News and Views

Offshore progress all at sea? Read 'Building an Industry Takes Time' by BWEA's Head of Offshore Dr Gordon Edge, published in BWEA's newsletter Real Power

Significant steps towards UK's offshore renewables powerhouse - BWEA press release on Round 2 progress in the Thames Estuary strategic area.

Click here to read the latest COWRIE newsletter