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Cuel Cuel Wind Farm - Case Study
The Cuel wind farm is located 560kms south of Santiago, close to Los Ángeles city in the Bío Bío region of Chile. Mainstream fully developed the project in association with local authorities, municipalities and the community. Construction of all 22 turbines was completed Q1, 2014 and, in February 2014, the project started to generate power and sold on the spot market - a ...
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Mainstream announces winner of wind farm naming competition in Chile
The winner has been announced for a competition to name a wind farm being developed in southern Chile by Mainstream Renewable Power, at a ceremony attended by various neighbourhood associations and indigenous community members. The winning name “Puelche Sur” was submitted by Gloria Rogel who was presented with a mountain bike at the ceremony. Gloria, who is president of the ...
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Mainstream South Africa Congratulates Maths & Science Academy Graduates
Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa, the country’s leading developer of wind and solar plant, congratulates the Maths and Science Leadership Academy’s Class of 2014 who have graduated after completing the four year programme. Mainstream has sponsored the sixty students for the full four year programme since the learners first started in Grade 9. The Maths & Science Leadership ...
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Mainstream completes training programme for Llanquihue communities in Southern Chile
More than 100 people have attended a ceremony in Llanquihue to recognise more than 70 community members who successfully completed a training programme organised by Mainstream Renewable Power. The training, which was delivered by CADES Foundation, was carried out in the areas of food management, steel reinforcement, heavy machinery operation and driving. “These training courses are a ...
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Knockaneden wind farm awards €9,000 to the local community
Knockaneden wind farm, owned by Caherciveen Wind Ltd and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, has awarded €9,000 to local community initiatives in the second year of its annual community fund awards. The wind farm which is located in the townland of Knockaneden, Co. Kerry is now in its third year of operation. The community fund programme awards €1,000 per megawatt to the local ...
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Mainstream Renewable Power’s co-founder Fintan Whelan announces departure
Fintan Whelan, co-founder of global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced his resignation after more than seven years with the company. Fintan set up Mainstream in 2008 with Eddie O’Connor. Fintan remains a shareholder in Mainstream, and his responsibility for Corporate Finance will be taken on by Paul Corrigan. Mainstream’s Chief Executive, Eddie’ ...
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Knockaneden wind farm makes third annual award to the local community
Knockaneden wind farm, constructed and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, has awarded €9,000 to local community initiatives in the third year of its annual community fund awards. The wind farm which is located in the townland of Knockaneden, Co. Kerry will enter its fourth year of operation in 2016. This year 25 local organisations and initiatives received funding including care ...
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Mainstream Renewable Power’s CEO meets Ghana’s Minister of Energy to discuss renewable energy
Eddie O’Connor, CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power, has met with the Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah MP, Ghana’s Minister for Energy, to discuss the country’s energy policy, and the opportunity to develop renewable energy in the region. In September, Mainstream announced it had signed a deal with Swiss wind farm developer NEK Umwelttechnik to purchase the 225 megawatt (MW) Ayitepa ...
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Mainstream hosts Norstec Academy
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power hosted eleven students from the Norstec Academy (www.norstecacademy.org) at its London office as part of their one week tour of the offshore wind industry. The Norstec Academy skills programme was launched in May this year through a student competition and the winners spent one week visiting sites and meeting experts across the UK offshore ...
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Knockaneden wind farm global wind day 2015
Knockaneden wind farm in Ireland, owned by Caherciveen Wind Ltd and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, welcomed three local schools to the wind farm yesterday to celebrate Global Wind Day 2015. The pupils, from St. Finians, Filemore and Coars primary schools, were given a tour of the wind farm which has been in commercial operation since 2012. Mainstream staff provided the pupils with ...
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Aurora wind farm in Chile gives local community tools to strengthen agriculture
Mainstream Renewable Power has collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture to help promote the development of agriculture in the vicinity of its Aurora wind farm development in Chile. One of the key opportunities identified was to help communities optimize their sowing and harvesting processes. To help achieve this, Mainstream donated a rotavator to the indigenous community of Lefnahuel, ...
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Mainstream Renewable Power Sponsors Irish Quest for Arctic Passage World First
Three Irish explorers highlight effects of climate change Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power today announced its sponsorship of a rowing expedition attempting a world first through the infamous Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic this summer. Three experienced Irish adventurers and one Canadian are attempting to become the first ever people to cross the 3,000 km ...
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Ghana celebrates its first Global Wind Day as over 250 students meet in Ayitepa to learn about wind energy
More than 250 students from local schools gathered at Ayitepa village to celebrate Global Wind Day. Wind farm developers Mainstream Renewable Power and NEK Umwelttechnik organised the event close to the site of the proposed 225MW Ayitepa Wind Farm which is on track to commence construction early next year. During the course of the event the students were given a presentation on the wind farm, an ...
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Mainstream’s JV Lekela Power signs MOUs for projects in Egypt
Lekela Power, a 60/40 joint venture between Actis and Mainstream Renewable Power with US$ 1.9 bn investments planned for Africa, announced today the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) for one 50 MW solar power plant in Aswan and one 50 MW wind power plant in the West Gulf of Suez under the feed in tariff scheme. Commenting on the ...
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Mainstream Renewable Power gets planning permission to build 150MW wind farm in Calama, Chile
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today (28 August) announces it has received environmental consent to build the 150 megawatt Tchamma Wind Farm in Northern Chile. The wind farm, which will be located in the commune of Calama in the Antofagasta region, will cover an area of 1,900 hectares on land owned by the National Assets Ministry. The wind farm is expected to reach ...
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Mainstream CEO welcomes strong close to Q3
Speaking in Dublin, Mainstream Renewable Power CEO, Dr Eddie O’Connor, has welcomed a strong close to the third quarter across all the company’s markets. “Over this quarter we have completed our 46MW Oldman 2 windfarm in Alberta for IKEA, obtained planning consent for our 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore windfarm in the UK, and are currently waiting the imminent financial close ...
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Ayitepa wind farm secures grid connection with Ghana Grid Company
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power announces the signing of a Grid Connection Agreement for the 225 megawatt Ayitepa wind farm in Ghana. The agreement was signed at the Headquarters of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) in Tema and is a very significant step towards preparing the project to commence construction early next year. Set to become Ghana’s first ...
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Mainstream successfully concludes sale of SMart Wind offshore wind to DONG Energy
Mainstream Renewable Power (“Mainstream”) has today successfully concluded its negotiations with DONG Energy for the sale of its remaining interest in the SMart Wind offshore wind consortium. SMart Wind is a joint venture between Mainstream and Siemens Financial Services, which was formed in 2009 to successfully bid for and then to develop the 4,000 megawatt Hornsea Offshore Wind ...
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Mainstream’s Chairman, Sir Roy Gardner, urges businesses to replace fossil fuels with clean energy
Sir Roy Gardner, Chairman of Mainstream Renewable Power’s Board of Directors, last night addressed delegates at the Sustainable Brands Conference in London. In his address he told delegates “it’s a smart move to replace expensive dirty fuels with cheap clean energy. It’s good for business and good for the environment.” “It is rightly claimed that the leading ...
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Mainstream completes financial close for three wind farms in South Africa due to start construction this month
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power today announces the successful completion of financial close for three wind farms in South Africa with a combined capacity of 360 megawatts. In October 2013 a consortium led by Mainstream was awarded the contracts for the three wind farms by the Department of Energy in South Africa under the third round of its Renewable Energy Procurement ...
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