Activities and order backlog
In the second quarter of 2011, Vestas produced and shipped wind power systems with an aggregate output of 1,417 MW (722 turbines) against 588 MW (283 turbines) in the second quarter of 2010. Final capacity delivered to the customers amounted to 1,127 MW, an increase of 34 per cent from the second quarter of 2010.| Europe and Africa |
Americas | Asia Pacific |
Total | |
| MW under completion, 1 April 2011 | 990 | 301 | 463 | 1,754 |
| MW delivered to customers in the period | (384) | (647) | (96) | (1,127) |
| MW produced and shipped in the period | 595 | 712 | 110 | 1,417 |
| MW under completion, 30 June 2011 | 1,201 | 366 | 477 | 2,044 |
At the end of the quarter, turbine projects with a total output of 2,044 MW were under completion. The quarterly order intake was 2,265 MW, of which 65 per cent has been announced publicly.
For the first half-year, the order intake was 2,895 MW, of which more than 25 per cent were for V100 or V112 turbines.
The order backlog amounted to 8,306 MW at the end of June 2011. Europe and Africa accounted for 55 per cent and the Americas and Asia Pacific accounted for 31 and 14 per cent, respectively. The value of the order backlog was EUR 8.0bn at the end of June 2011.
