Siemens Gamesa CEO warns of offshore capacity cuts if Europe falters
The turbine maker's chief executive tied manufacturing investment decisions directly to the pace of European offshore wind expansion.
By Matthias Blank · drafted with the Vantage newsroom system, approved before publication
Siemens Gamesa's CEO issued a direct warning on 11 June: if Europe's offshore expansion loses momentum, the company will cut manufacturing capacity. The statement, reported by Reuters, sharpens the stakes around permitting delays and auction pipelines across the EU and UK. No specific volume or timeline for cuts was disclosed in the headline, but the framing was unambiguous.
On the asset side, TRIG agreed on 15 June to divest its stake in Beatrice, the 588 MW Scottish offshore wind farm that has operated since 2019. The buyer and transaction value were not confirmed in the available headline. Separately, RWE completed the previously announced sale of its Swedish onshore wind portfolio to Norwegian utility Aneo, closing out a divestment that had been flagged earlier in the year.
On the construction front, Ocean Winds installed the first turbine at the Tréport project off the Normandy coast on 15 June, and Vestas confirmed 100 V236-15 MW turbines installed across its offshore projects globally, a production and logistics marker for the flagship platform.
Source: Reuters Energy
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