Wind turbine troubles have sent Siemens Energy stock tumbling. - Siemens Energy stock plunged by around 37% on June 23, while other wind companies also saw shares retreat as investors worried that the problems at Gamesa might be a symptom of a wider issue for the industry.
The German energy giant scrapped its profit guidance in late June, citing a “substantial increase in failure rates of wind turbine components” at its wind division Siemens Gamesa.
Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch told journalists on a call Friday that “too much had been swept under the carpet” at Siemens Gamesa and that the quality issues were “more severe than \[he\] thought possible.”
Other wind companies also saw shares retreat as investors worried that the problems at Gamesa might be a symptom of a wider issue for the industry.
The wind industry has expanded rapidly over the past two decades, lowering costs to rival — and sometimes undercut — those of fossil fuels, while boosting efficiency with ever-bigger turbines and reducing reliance on state subsidies.
“These cost reductions have been achieved with innovations in turbine technology and by pushing the boundaries of engineering.
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Looks like we're going through something, but who would have thought with all these tarrifs, inflation and trade wars going on
Where does this end up long term with small stocks suffering white giant caps are taking all the coin?
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