• via Marine Technology Reporter September 2009
• http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/large-wind
• pdafriendly

From virtually nothing in 2000, the industry today can boast 1.5 GW of installed offshore wind capacity, of which 334 MW – more than one fifth – was installed in 2008 alone, see Figure 1, (below). An additional 1.5 GW is currently under construction, and Douglas-Westwood forecasts more than 5 GW will be in the water by 2012.

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