The rise in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation reflects the "good operating performance" of the renewables arm, says its parent group, EDF.

EDF EN had sales of €1.4bn, down from €1.5bn, due to the "unfavourable effect of the warm weather in Europe, which was partially offset by the strong performance of its business in the US".

However, net installed capacity continues to increase, to nearly 5GW, up 4.8%