UK offshore wind capacity has grown significantly over the last decade

UK operational offshore wind capacity (GW)

■ The UK’s installed capacity has increased rapidly over the last decade.

■ There is 13.8GW of offshore wind capacity already in the UK, enough to power over 10 million homes.

■ Current deployment is over 4 times higher than the capacity installed in 2012.

■ The cost per unit of offshore wind has fallen by almost 70% from £119.89 to £37.35/MWh since the first Contracts for Difference allocation round in 2015.1

■ The UK currently has 78MW floating offshore wind operational –the Hywind Scotland (30MW) and Kincardine (48MW) projects.