State-aided Chinese companies are cornering Danish wind suppliers

Chinese wind suppliers are offering prices in the European market that Nordmark’s CEO finds difficult to make sense of.

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Danish subcontractors to the wind sector sometimes face an unequal battle when competing on price against state-subsidized companies.

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