"It is indeed the case that we naturally only have a limited number of suppliers for wind turbines. This applies to onshore as well as offshore," Thomas Kusterer told reporters after presenting first-half results.
He said that EnBW was currently relying on European and U.S. manufacturers in its wind energy projects.
"In the future, it would be a theoretical possibility to deal with Chinese manufacturers here. Yes, of course we have to do that, because it also has an economic component ... However, this is not an issue for us at the moment."
Europe's wind turbine industry is concerned that Chinese rivals, including Goldwind (002202.SZ), opens new tab, Mingyang Smart Energy (601615.SS), opens new tab and Windey (300772.SZ), opens new tab could price local players out of the market.
