Vestas in the second quarter regained the lead in the intensely competitive US wind turbine market from arch-rival GE Renewable Energy, while both Nordex and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) improved their relative positions in the 41.8GW project pipeline, according to latest American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) figures.

Vestas installed 704MW of 736MW total in the US and GE the remaining 32MW.