“Iberdrola is consolidating its position year after year as the leading company in the development of wind energy,” the company says.

“In fact, according to the comparison of installed capacity at the end of 2011, Iberdrola had almost 5GW of capacity more than its immediate follower in terms of capacity, (US power company) NextEra,” Iberdrola adds.

Iberdrola says that official figures show that it had 13.3GW