Last week the British Embassy in Dublin, hosted a seminar on British/Irish co-operation in the development of offshore renewable energy. Ironically, it came in the same week the British government was signalling that it might send in Royal Navy gunboats to protect its fishing waters if there was no Brexit trade deal. The British government has big plans for the development of offshore wind energy and co-operation with its nearest westerly neighbour makes perfect sense. About 130km off the East coast of England, the giant Dogger Bank wind farm is being built. It will be the biggest in the world and power six million British homes.