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Engie takes big hit on Nordex turbines at US wind farm

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Engie takes big hit on Nordex turbines at US wind farm

French utility Engie took a €714 million ($772 million) hit on US renewable energy assets last year, with malfunctioning Nordex turbines partly to blame for this impairment. It still recorded net income of €2.2 billion.

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