Top Wind Turbine Maker Plans to Raise Prices

  • Supply-chain bottlenecks prompt first-quarter earnings loss
  • Vestas is fighting to maintain its market leading position

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One of the world’s biggest wind turbine makers Vestas Wind Systems A/S will hike its prices as the costs of steel and transportation increase amid a global commodities boom that’s contributing to a rising risk of inflation.

It’s an early sign that the surge in commodities prices and disruptions in supply chains could interrupt a trend of perpetually falling costs for green energy.