Danish wind-energy company Vestas Wind Systems A/S is reconsidering plans to make more turbines in the UK after a government auction for offshore wind failed to attract any bids.
“A factory is not going to be built in the UK until we have a clear predictability of the demand side,” Chief Executive Officer Henrik Andersen said in a phone interview. “The UK, instead of being a leader toward the offshore industry, has now become an average country.”
Andersen said the UK government should meet with the private sector this afternoon to either “fast track” a sixth auction round, which is scheduled for next year, or create a new “round five and a half.” Last year, offshore wind won the bulk of the new capacity at record low prices.
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