ABSTRACT
In the last ten years the requirements to generate energy from cleaner sources have pushed the renewable energy industry. Deadlines like the 2020 UK target to achieve the 15% of the national energy demand from renewable sources (Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2013) resulted in the rapid expansion of the offshore wind energy. The 3rd Round of proposed offshore wind farm sites in the UK were awarded in 2010 and in France the second call for proposals was awarded May 2014 and a third is expected soon.
