This is how Vestas won huge project over Siemens

There is no compelling reason why Warren Buffet's company MidAmerican chose Vestas over otherwise preferred supplier Siemens for the 2 GW project Wind XI. It was all about price.
Photo: Vestas
Photo: Vestas

On Sep. 23, Denmark's Vestas received its perhaps most crucial order ever. Not just because it was among the largest orders in 2016 with 214 MW, but also because it concerns delivery of 112 of the first 1,000 wind turbines for the Wind XI project.  Warren Buffet's MidAmerican's 2 GW project – an investment of almost USD 3.6 billion (EUR 3.3 billion) – will be constructed in the US state Iowa ahead of 2019.

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