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.
