Workers of construction groups Vinci Construction and Setec wave flags after the arrival of tunnel boring machine "Ellen" at the construction site of the future Grand Paris Express railway station Fort d'Issy-Vanves-Clamart in Clamart, southwest of Paris. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images/NTB scanpix

'This market will be huge': construction giant Vinci enters renewables with $6bn ACS swoop

French infrastructure group agrees to buy Spanish conglomerate's energy business to create major contracting and development player

2 April 2021 11:16 GMT Updated 2 April 2021 11:43 GMT

By Andrew Lee

French infrastructure giant Vinci made a big move into renewables with a €5bn ($5.9bn) deal to acquire the energy

Energy Transition

'This market will be huge': construction giant Vinci enters renewables with $6bn ACS swoop