However like many rival turbine manufacturers, it reported a strong growth in new orders during the period.

In the first nine months of the fiscal year 2010/11, Repower supplied or installed wind turbines with a total capacity of 628MW compared to 662MW the year before.

Total earnings were €804m, compared to €936.3m for the same period of the previous year. EBIT was down around 21% on the previous year at €44.4m,