Siemens Energy has mounted high quality points at onshore wind generators it’s at present promoting to prospects, the CEO of the group’s wind division Siemens Gamesa mentioned on Friday, including the group had made progress with its turnaround.

The feedback by Jochen Eickholt come after Siemens Energy this week unveiled 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in costs associated to its wind division, a serious setback for the group that has drawn the ire of prime shareholder Siemens AG.

Of these costs, 1.6 billion euros are earmarked for high quality points round rotor blades and gears for its newest onshore turbine fashions, the 4.X and 5.X, of which roughly 2,900 are within the area.

“Although I am very disappointed that we are experiencing these issues, it’s worth mentioning that the variants of the 4.X and 5.X onshore wind turbines that we are currently selling to our customers have already been modified,” Eickholt mentioned in a LinkedIn Post.

“In other words, the identified problems have been addressed and it is now a matter of rectifying them in the respective wind turbines that are already in the field.”

Eickholt identified that Siemens Gamesa had raised costs, diminished injury liabilities and turn into extra selective over new initiatives to lift profitability.

While conceding the group’s “current situation is self-inflicted”, he mentioned market situations have been unfavourable for wind turbine makers, a lot of which have been fighting losses within the wake of rising inflation.

(Reporting by Christoph Steitz Editing by Friederike Heine and Mark Potter)