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Mainstream Renewable Power News
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Mainstream sells 450MW offshore wind farm to EDF Group
The EDF Group, via EDF Renewables in the United Kingdom, a joint subsidiary of EDF Energy and EDF Energies Nouvelles, has bought the Neart na Gaoithe wind farm project from global wind and solar developer Mainstream Renewable Power, following a ...
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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, ...
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Mainstream Renewable Power wins seven government contracts in Chile to build one gigawatt of wind energy plants worth USD $1.65bn
Mainstream leads largest and most competitive energy tender in Chilean history with award of 986 megawatts Tender seven times oversubscribed – 84 companies submitted 85,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of bids for just over 12,000 GWh of available ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Mainstream South Africa awarded ‘Preferred Developer 2015’ by SAWEA for a second consecutive year
The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has named Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa “Preferred Developer 2015” at its annual awards ceremony in Cape Town. This accolade is in recognition of Mainstream South Africa ...
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Loeriesfontein wind farm turbine foundations amongst the world’s greenest
Loeriesfontein Wind Farm has announced that its wind turbine foundations are utilising one of the world’s lowest quantities of Portland cement in the concrete formulation. The foundations are designed using an 89% replacement of cement, ...
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‘Building a modern energy sector in response to South Africa’s energy crisis: What does ‘Plan B’ look like and what is the role of wind power?’
Remarks to Windaba 2015 “Which way is the wind blowing outside South Africa?” Dr Eddie O’Connor CEO, Mainstream Renewable Power Remarks to Windaba 2015 “Which way is the wind blowing outside South Africa?” Dr Eddie ...
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Mainstream’s pan-African JV Lekela Power signs MoU for US$350m wind power station in Egypt
Lekela Power, a $1.9bn pan-African renewable power generation company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for a 250 MW wind power station in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez area. Lekela Power is ...
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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 ...
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Renewables outperform fossil fuels in Chile tender
Last week Chile’s National Energy Commission awarded contracts for the supply of 1,200 gigawatt hours of energy to unregulated customers in Chile. Thirty-one companies competed for the 20-year contracts, with wind and solar projects going ...
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Mainstream’s Chilean JV wins tender to build and operate 265 MW of wind power
Aela Energía, the joint venture company owned 60% by private equity investor Actis and 40% by global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power, was today awarded contracts to build and operate two wind projects, with a combined ...
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Mainstream to take delivery of South Africa’s largest locally-manufactured wind turbine tower order
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today started overseeing the transportation of wind turbine tower sections from their manufacturing facility near Cape Town to the Noupoort Wind Farm site in South Africa’s Northern ...
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Mainstream gets planning consent for the 182 megawatt Aurora wind farm in Chile
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, has received environmental consent from the Chilean Environmental Evaluation Service to build and operate the 182 megawatt Aurora wind farm in the commune of Llanquihue in the Los Lagos ...
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Mainstream starts construction of two wind farms in South Africa
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power celebrated the start of construction of two wind farms in South Africa’s Northern Cape which have a combined generation capacity of 280 megawatts. The Khobab and Loeriesfontein wind ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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British High Commissioner to Ghana announces Ayitepa wind farm ready for construction in 2016
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, hosted a breakfast for business and political leaders at his residence in Accra to announce the country’s first large-scale wind farm located in Ayitepa, which is Ghana’s only ...
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Analysis shows South Africa’s wind and solar power generation matches demand profile
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, has conducted preliminary analysis of South Africa’s wind and solar resources to understand the impact of introducing larger quantities of renewable energy to the electricity system. ...
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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 ...