a break of hope and the biggest rise in 2 years but it s probably just a blip. in june the clouds parted german industrial orders beat the for costs and landed some major contracts siemens wind energy unit got mesa is contracted to build huge wind parks off the eastern coast of the usa turbines that can produce 1700 megawatts and provide power for more than 4000000 households it s the largest offshore contract ever awarded in america. orders like this are keeping german companies order books full contracts for goods made in germany rose 2.5 percent from the previous month the biggest increase since august 2017. but the news isn t all rosy factoring out the big ticket projects overall orders are down by 0.4 percent. physically economists are warning against celebrating too soon.