Vestas will cut 400 jobs – most in its home market Denmark – and discontinue some products including the 3MW version of its new EnVentus platform, in what the global onshore wind number-one said is a response to market needs amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Vestas said: “In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has and will continue to shape societies and economies, and the industrial challenges and economic turmoil it brings will likely take years for societies to recover from.