Of course it has a huge drawback: opportunity cost. If you look at two recently constructed wind farms in The Netherlands[1][2] then by a conservative estimate

Of course it has a huge drawback: opportunity cost. If you look at two recently constructed wind farms in The Netherlands[1][2] then by a conservative estimate the offshore one costs around 5 million/MW compared to 2.5 million/MW for the (mostly) on-shore one. That conservatively gives you a cost difference of around 1.5 billion for building it offshore. Or around 1 million EUR per the 150 turbines that make up Gemini. So yes, I agree with you about the importance of preserving nature. I just think it's a better investment to place 150 relatively low-footprint turbines around the country and use the 1 million leftover EUR for each one to expand the public land around them into a park or outdoor area. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windpark_Noordoostpolder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windpark_Noordoostpolder 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Wind_Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Wind_Farm