Sales and underlying profits rose in the wind business at Swedish utility Vattenfall in the third quarter of 2018 amid rising electricity prices and capacity additions, both in onshore and offshore wind.

Net sales rose to SKr2.27bn ($247.9m) in the third quarter from SKr1.55bn a year earlier, while underlying profit reached SKr1.4bn in the period, compared to a SKr300m loss in the same period in 2017.