Areva told its shareholders it expects to see sales of about €600m ($795m) from renewables next year, roughly the same as 2012’s figure.
The company had previously foreseen revenues above €750m.
Areva says the shortfall is “due to the time required to set up financing for certain customer projects, delaying their execution”.
It was one of the factors cited for a slight lowering of Areva’s forecast earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to about €1.1bn.
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