IKEA starts to assemble European wind energy portfolio

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Retail giant avoids self-assembly and acquires six German wind farms

It may not be able to build wind turbines from a flat pack, but that has not stopped IKEA emerging as one of Europe's highest-profile wind farm operators. It was revealed this week that the retail...

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