Temporal data on the construction and operation start dates of UK offshore wind farms 2003 to 2018

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.