Mainstream Renewable on $3bn funding drive

Energy firm’s solar, wind projects span globe

Dr Eddie O'Connor, chief executive, Mainstream Renewable Power Picture: Tony O’Shea

Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power plans to raise at least $3 billion to complete its growing number of solar and wind power projects globally.

The Sandyford-based renewable energy company has signed up to complete two separate 1,000-megawatt renewable energy projects in Chile and Vietnam and is currently negotiating a 1,300-megawatt deal in Mexico.

“So far, so great,” said O’Connor in an interview with this newspaper. “We know what we need for the future ...