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Offshore wind power plants - capacity by country 2017

Capacity of offshore and near shore wind turbines in operation and under construction as of November 2017, by country (in megawatts)
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The data describes the nameplate capacity of offshore and near shore wind turbines in operation and under construction as of November 27, 2017, by country. The capacity of Chinese offshore wind turbines in operation reached two gigawatts.

United Kingdom 988 7380
Germany 2372 5013
China 1572 2020
Denmark 1635 1266
Netherlands 0 1118
Belgium 309 877
Sweden 0 201
Vietnam 100 99
Finland 0 82
Japan 0 59
South Korea 60 35
United States 468 30
Ireland 0 25
Taiwan 2