Despite a slight fall in respect to figures in 2009 (35.8 GW installed in 2010 as opposed to 38,6 GW in the previous year) the total installed capacity increased by 22,5%. This result is mainly due to China's performance, which created up to nearly half of the new installed capacity. In fact, it was able to add 16.5 GW to reach a total installed capacity of 42,3 GW, thus overcoming the USA. With plenty of new projects planned and others already under construction, China should not find it a challenge to achieve the goal of 200 GW by 2020.

Traditional wind power markets experienced a decline, a drop of 50% in the USA (from 10GW in 2009 to 5GW in 2010) and 7.5% in the EU, which can be mainly attributed to the financial crisis. At the same time, positive results came from new markets in Latin America and North Africa.

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