9 new offshore areas have been granted licences to develop the UK's offshore waters, twith a capacity of just over 32 gigawatts of power, providing up to a quarter of all electricity house hold needs for the UK.
Work would start at the earliest 2013 providing the UK economy up to 70,000 new jobs by 2020, worth up to £75 Billion, providing the turbines are manufactured in the UK.

This will be a much needed boost for the boat manufacturing industry which has suffered in the recent recession providing new specialist boats for the new wind farm zones.

Development and planning is the next stage of the process. One area the Isle of Wight for instance will have 500 turbines, situated well out of the local boating leisure areas. The largest Dogger bank with over 9000 turbines is situated 130 miles offshore.

Currently there are 11 wind farms already producing electricity in UK offshore waters. This whole project will be a great boost to the UK economy and for the boating industry supplying working platforms/ferries for all these areas.

Exclusivity agreements for zones:

The Moray Firth Zone
Won by EDP Renovaveis and SeaEnergy Renewables.
Potential yield: 1.3 gigawatts

The Firth of Forth Zone
Won by SSE Renewables and Fluor.
Potential yield: 3.5 gigawatts

The Dogger Bank Zone
Won by SSE Renewables, RWE Npower Renewables, Statoil and Statkraft.
Potential yield: 9 gigawatts

The Hornsea Zone
Won by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, and involving Hochtief Construction.
Potential yield: 4 gigawatts

The Norfolk Bank Zone
Won by Scottish Power Renewables and Vattenfall Vindkraft.
Potential yield: 7.2 gigawatts

The Hastings Zone
Won by E.On Climate and Renewables UK.
Potential yield: 0.6 gigawatts

The Isle of Wight Zone
Won by Eneco New Energy.
yield: 0.9 gigawatts

The Bristol Channel Zone
Won by RWE Npower Renewables.
Potential yield: 1.5 gigawatts

The Irish Sea Zone
Won by Centrica Renewable Energy and involving RES Group.
Potential yield: 4.2 gigawatts