However the global market still grew by 22.5%, bringing total installed capacity to 194.4GW, compared to 158.7GW at the end of 2009. The new capacity represents investments of around €47.3bn ($65bn).
GWEC points out that for the first time, more than half of new capacity was installed outside of the traditional wind markets of Europe and North America, led by the continuing boom in China, which accounted for nearly half of total installations, with 16.5GW.
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