In the second quarter of 2013, Vestas generated revenue of € 1,185 million, a decrease of 26 per cent to the year-earlier period. EBIT before special items decreased by € 28 million to € 12 million.
The EBIT margin before special items was 1.0 per cent and the free cash flow increased by € 535 million to € 197 million. The intake of firm and unconditional wind turbine orders was 1,641MW in the second quarter of 2013. Due to uncertainty surrounding a few customers’ ability to comply with the contractual obligations, Vestas has resolved to lower the order backlog value by € 0.4 billion. Including this adjustment, the value of the wind turbine backlog amounted to € 7.1 billion at 30 June 2013. In addition to the wind turbine order backlog, Vestas had service agreements with contractual future revenue of € 5.9 billion at the end of June 2013. Thus the value of the combined backlog of wind turbine orders and service agreements stood at € 13 billion – an improvement of € 600 million during the quarter. Vestas has decided not to sell the tower factory in Pueblo, USA. Consequently, the factory has been reclassified to property, plant and equipment. Vestas’ machining and casting units are still expected to be divested; however, based on ongoing negotiations with potential buyers, the units have been further written down.
