Siemens Energy pulls 2023 profit guidance as Siemens Gamesa wind turbine failures increase
Siemens Energy pulls 2023 profit guidance as Siemens Gamesa wind turbine failures increase | Windpower Monthly
Siemens Energy pulls 2023 profit guidance as Siemens Gamesa wind turbine failures increase
Siemens Energy has scrapped its profit guidance for 2023 due to a “substantial increase in failure rates of wind turbine components”. It expects to spend more than €1 billion to sufficiently improve the quality of some of subsidiary Siemens Gamesa’s onshore wind turbines.
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