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Siemens Energy CEO sees limited synergies in struggling wind turbine unit
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on November 14, 2025
3 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on November 14, 2025
3 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Siemens Energy's CEO notes limited synergies in its wind division, with offshore outperforming onshore. Siemens Gamesa aims to break even by 2026.
By Christoph Steitz and Max Schwarz
BERLIN (Reuters) -Siemens Energy sees limited synergies between its struggling onshore and better-performing offshore wind units, its CEO said on Friday, reflecting ongoing uncertainty over the future of the group's only loss-making division.
Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy's wind division that produces both offshore and onshore turbines, is still recovering from a quality crisis two years ago, causing the division to post an operating loss late Thursday of 1.36 billion euros ($1.59 billion) in the fiscal year that ended in September.
While management had high hopes for the wind business when Siemens Energy was spun off from Siemens AG in 2020, it is gas turbines and power networks fuelling most of the group's profits and share price.
"We have to believe that wind is a double-digit margin business," Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch said on Friday at the group's annual press conference, adding it was too early to say whether that was the case.
ALL BUSINESSES MUST DELIVER DOUBLE-DIGIT MARGINS
Asked about a potential breakup of the division to rid itself of the weaker onshore business, Bruch told Reuters: "synergies between the two businesses, I do believe they're more limited than people believe."
Finance chief Maria Ferraro said all of the group's businesses were expected to deliver double-digit margins, adding there were regular portfolio reviews with that aim in mind.
Siemens Energy, which also on Thursday raised its mid-term targets and proposed its first dividend in four years on strong demand for gas turbines and power grids, confirmed that it expects Siemens Gamesa to break even in 2026.
For 2027, a small profit is expected, Bruch said.
The unit's ongoing losses have repeatedly driven calls by investors to review or even sell the business, but Siemens Energy has so far committed to turning the business around, touting the long-term prospects for wind energy overall.
"Keep in mind it's a tale of two cities," Bruch said. "Offshore, we are market leader. We have excellent products. If the market continues to thrive ... I think we are well positioned also to continue to grow the margins."
For onshore wind, where the quality issues caused it to halt the sale of its newer generation turbines, Bruch said "the key question will be: Will the Chinese flood the market or not? I don't know this yet."
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(Reporting by Christoph Steitz and Max SchwarzAdditional reporting by Tom KaeckenhoffEditing by Miranda Murray, Elaine Hardcastle)
Siemens Gamesa is a subsidiary of Siemens Energy that specializes in producing both offshore and onshore wind turbines.
Synergies in business refer to the potential financial benefits that can be realized when two or more companies combine their operations.
An operating loss occurs when a company's operating expenses exceed its revenue, indicating that the business is not profitable during that period.
A dividend is a portion of a company's earnings distributed to shareholders, typically paid in cash or additional shares.
Market competition refers to the rivalry among businesses to attract customers and increase sales, which can influence pricing and product offerings.
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