How big is a wind turbine?




The average size of turbines sold into the market in 2011 was 1.67 MW, enough to produce power for up to 1,000 average EU households. 

The largest onshore turbine is a 7 MW turbine with a rotor diameter of 127 m.

Offshore turbines currently reach just over to 6 MW with a rotor diameter of 120 metres – longer than a football field and powering around 5,500 average EU households.

Windaba 2013