The temporal patterns of offshore wind farm (OWF) activity during the
installation of the turbine foundations were examined using data from 2003 to
2018, a timeframe over which the UK’s OWFs have been developing. Data were
collated from publicly available sources and evaluated for the temporal trends
relating to OWFs. The list of the UKs OWF was taken from The Crown Estate and
Crown Estate Scotland. Only large-scale commercial deployments of the UK’s
Round 1, 2 and 3 OWF were considered. Developments of five or fewer turbines
were classed as demonstrator projects and excluded from the study.
