"1. No need for ocean bed fixation hardware. 2. Ultimately lower tons of steel & cement per MW (not true now, but coming). 3. Much lower EPC costs. Build in port, tow to destination. (No jack-up ships.) 3. Lower O&M (tow back to port) 4. Better wind resource, meaning higher AEP per year (amortizing capex over more MWH). 5. Better wind resource also means higher capacity factor -> increased value, slower value deflation.