France wants Areva to buy Alstom wind unit if GE wins bid

PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) – France wants state-controlled nuclear group Areva to take over Alstom’s offshore wind turbine unit if General Electric’s bid for Alstom succeeds, a French paper reported on Friday.

Areva and Alstom both produce offshore wind turbines and are part of different consortia to build 3,000 megawatts of wind power off the French coast in coming years.

Read more at:   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/09/france-windfarm-areva-idUSL6N0NV2FT20140509

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