Britain brought a record 2.12GW of offshore wind online in 2018, said lobbying group RenewableUK as the industry and government continue efforts to tie-up a 'sector deal' to promote further growth.

The eight new projects easily exceeded the previous annual record of 1.54GW in 2012, said RenewableUK, which pointed out that since then the average turbine size deployed has grown from 3.7MW