The Danish wind OEM's shares were 9% higher in late morning trading in Copenhagen after another strong set of quarterly figures.

The company delivered second quarter sales of €2.56bn, up 46% on the same period a year earlier. Net profit more than doubled to €278m.

Vestas booked 1.79GW of firm turbine orders in the quarter, and the group’s combined equipment and service backlog surged to a record €18.1bn.

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