Areva jettisons solar businesses

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French company writes down €373m in closing loss-making concentrated solar power subsidiary

French power group Areva will exit its concentrated solar power (CSP) business after racking up tens of millions of dollars in losses. The company's solar unit primarily consisted of the remnants of...

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