French giant oil group Total invests heavily in solar energy

Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:53 UTC

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French oil and gas giant Total completed its 1.3 billion US dollars tender offer to buy a controlling 60% stake in SunPower, a California provider of solar power systems, the two companies announced Wednesday. Read full article

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GeoffWard
A bit of hedging going on here.

If opinion globally turns against Nuclear - and pressure from France's 'down-wind' EU neighbouring states may influence this - France may take Germany's lead and declare its long-term future is in Solar, etc, and not nuclear.

A huge change in national policy.
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