To put the scale in perspective, the average nameplate capacity of wind turbines installed in the United States in 2010 was about 1.79 MW, up from 1.74 MW in 2009 and 1.66 MW in 2008, according to the 2010 Wind Technologies Market Report.
Competitor GE Wind Energy, a unit of General Electric, ranked number one in wind turbines sales in the U.S. in 2009, according to a recent report from the American Wind Energy Association.
Police have arrested five people in eastern Sicily suspected of involvement in Mafia corruption over contracts to build wind farms, Italian media report.