Thee owner of Dalby based civil engineering business Nortask says he is $1.6 million out of pocket after French based solar company Areva Solar KCP went into liquidation last year.

Nortask was caught up in a legal battle for years with the French-government owned solar company over the shortage of thousands of mirrors for the failed Kogan Creek Solar Boost program.

Late last year Areva Solar KCP was ordered by a Brisbane Supreme Court to pay Nortask hundreds of thousands of dollars before going into liquidation.