The regional announcement comes two days before the Danish wind giant is expected to go public with major organizational changes and a week after it announced 7.4GW of new orders in 2011 worth $9.5bn, along with a stock-punishing cut to revenue and profit forecasts.
Vestas says it installed a record 30 new wind projects in North America in 2011 and has more than 20 planned for construction this year as wind developers rush to beat a 31 December deadline to qualify for the US Production Tax Credit (PTC).
