In the reporting period from 1 April to 31 December 2008, total operating revenue increased by more than 50% from € 552.7 million last year to € 842.9 million.
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Sales developed along the same trend, growing by 46% compared to the previous year, from € 582.5 million to € 850.5 million. Furthermore earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased: For the reporting period they amounted to € 38.1 million in comparison with € 27.9 million for the same period of the previous year. By the end of December 2008 the order book contained sales contracts for 708 wind energy turbines all in all, with a total rated power of 1,502.6MW. This corresponds to a contractually assured order volume of more than € 1.6 billion.
