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Ten years of offshore wind leaders in 30 seconds.

Hjörtur Páll Hjartar · 13 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Who held the most offshore wind, month by month, since January 2016. Operating, under construction and consented or contracted, net of stake, outside China. Early-stage pipeline is not counted.

A decade in which new markets opened, thousands of turbines went into the water, hundreds of project stakes changed hands, newcomers arrived and others left, and gigawatts were awarded and cancelled.

Top offshore wind owners, month by month, Jan 2016 to Oct 2026
GW net of stake · data as of 13 Oct 2026
Owners are named as they were called at the time, and ranked on operating, under construction and consented or contracted capacity; the early-stage pipeline is drawn pale and not counted. Click an owner for its page under Developers; hover a bar for its figures.
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Hafrok, "Ten years of offshore wind leaders in 30 seconds.", hafrok.com/research/ten-years-of-offshore-wind-leaders/, data as of 13 Oct 2026.
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