In
a
surprise
move,
the
Danish
manufacturer
revealed
preliminary
financial
figures
for
the
first
half
of
2012
several
weeks
early.
They
show
that
Vestas
produced
and
shipped
2.16GW
in
the
second
quarter
of
2012
compared
to
931MW
in
the
first
three
months
of
the
year.
Revenue
is
expected
to
come
in
at
€1.6bn
against
Q1’s
€1.1bn,
while
preliminary
earnings
before
interest
and
tax
(Ebit),
before
special
items,
were
€40m
–
turning
around
a
first-quarter
negative
figure
of
€204m.
Shares
in
the
world's
biggest
maker
of
wind
turbines
surged
by
15%
in
trading
following
the…
