Figure 1From: Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the futureAverage water depth and distance to shore of offshore wind farms (reproduced from ref. 3, source EWEA). Operational (online), under construction and consented wind farms in Europe up to the end of 2013 are occurring at increasing water depths and distances from shore. The circle size represents the total power capacity of the wind farm.Back to article page