Did you see that Discovery Channel show where they documented the building of a giant oil platform for oil extraction in the North Sea? All of the things (and forces) they had to deal with... wow.
The North Sea has a -lot- of energy in it, and climate change will probably accentuate that.
Yeah this is also why the west coast of Denmark is full of wind mills
An ex-colleague of mine who moved to Scotland from Spain was amazed when he first came here at how fast our clouds move!