having been around a few of these things and seen hundreds on and offshore in holland/belgium it seems that wherever the proposed site is situated the nimbys and scaremongers appear, the area chosen off our coast would seem to be the least intrusive on most counts , its out of the way of most of our fishing grounds slightly east of the ferry routes, north of the shipping lanes . at the moment the economic and green benefits are difficult to see but as oil gets rarer and more costly the balance shifts in favour of wind energy ,once up and running they become part of the scenery we just need to navigate round them,