Profits in the wider group were also down in the first half, although renewables sales rose by 7% to €1.2bn ($1.33bn) compared with a year earlier, because of currency-exchange fluctuations and positive developments in the offshore business.
In April the utility grid-connected the first of 80 Siemens 3.6MW turbines at its 288MW Amrumbank West wind farm in the German North Sea, and it says turbine installation at its 219MW Humber Gateway offshore project will be completed this summer.
Nevertheless,
