Profits vanish at China's two wind turbine heavyweights

China’s two leading wind turbine makers saw first-quarter profits plummet as tough competition and new policies reduced growth and margins.

Goldwind, China’s largest turbine manufacturer by last year’s installation volumes, said net profits were virtually wiped out in the quarter, dropping 97% on the same stage last year to 6.1m yuan ($967,500).

Sinovel, the market number two, said net profit fell 87% to 56.8m yuan.

Both companies had previously warned of the profit declines, and they both say income for the first half of 2012 could decrease by more than 50%.

Reasons for the expected decline are “slower growth for the wind power industry...increasing competition and decreases in the ASP (average selling…

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