N2 - The purpose of the article is to present perspectives for the development of offshore wind farms in the leading, in this respect, country in the EU and in the world – Great Britain. Wind power plays a remarkable role in the process of ensuring energy security for Europe since in 2016 the produced wind energy met 10.4% of the European electricity demand while in 2017 it was already around 11.6%. The article analyses the capacity of wind farms, support systems offered by this country and the criteria related to the location of offshore wind farms. The research has been based on the analysis of legal acts, regulations, literature on the subject, information from websites. The article shows that in recent years, the production of energy at sea has been developing very rapidly, and the leading, in this matter, British offshore energy sector is character-ised by strong governmental support. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114804/PDF/Dawid%20509.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114804 PY - 2019 EP - 55 KW - energy production KW - offshore wind farms KW - renewable energy sources KW - wind energy A1 - Dawid, Leszek PB - Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute VL - No 43 DA - 2019.12.05 T1 - Current status and perspectives on offshore wind farms development in the United Kingdom SP - 49 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/114804 T2 - Journal of Water and Land Development