The company had astaggering income of DKr9bn ($12.4bn) from its wind activities during the firstnine months of the year, more than the DKr8.4bn it gained from its  E&P unit, which usually leads in revenue.

“Overall, thedevelopment in Wind Power is highly satisfactory,” Dong’s chief executiveHenrik Poulsen said today, in what can only be described as Scandinavianunderstatement.

Could Dong show the wayfor other large European utilities that are still lagging far behind inoffshore wind?

E.ON,