Mainstream joins alliance to call for a 2030 UK decarbonisation target

February 22, 2013
Mainstream has joined a broad coalition of 35 other businesses, NGOs, faith groups and the Scottish Government calling for a 2030 power sector decarbonisation target in the UK’s Energy Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament. In the context of rising energy bills, limited power generation capacity, and the growing threats of climate...

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Jeffreys Bay groundbreaking in South Africa

February 5, 2013
The 138 MW Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm officially celebrated the start of construction with a groundbreaking  event which was attended by guests representing the community, industry, lenders, members of the government and local municipalities.  The project is one of the first and largest wind facilities in the country to start construction as part of the...

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Mainstream shortlisted for prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize.

January 16, 2013
Mainstream  was shortlisted for the prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize at the annual World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. The award celebrates achievements that reflect impact, innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy and sustainability. It represents the vision of the Late Founding Father and President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed...

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Friends of the Supergrid launches ‘Supergrid 2013 Award’

September 13, 2012
Friends of the Supergrid (FSOG) has launched the ‘Supergrid 2013 Award’ for the best Supergrid-related project of the year 2012. The Friends of the Supergrid is a group of companies and organisations with a mutual interest in promoting the policy agenda for a European Supergrid. The Supergrid itself is a pan-European transmission network facilitating the...

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Foreword to the Cebr report: The Economic Benefits of Offshore wind by Eddie O’Connor

June 12, 2012
By Eddie O’Connor, Founder and Chief Executive, Mainstream Renewable Power I have been developing and building wind and solar plant in markets around the world since 1997. In 2008 together with a group of uniquely experienced and talented colleagues, I founded Mainstream. We develop wind and solar plant in eight global markets. In the UK...

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Round 3’s first Met Mast installation at Hornsea Zone

April 5, 2012
The fabrication and installation of foundations for an offshore wind farm can represent a significant proportion of development spend. With ambitious UK Round 3 plans now well underway there is an industry wide recognition that foundation costs must be brought down to ensure economic viability of projects going forward. A number of innovative foundation designs...

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Continue reading ‘A Feasability Study on the Phase 1of the European Supergrid Part 2/2’

February 3, 2012
Last week, in Part 1, I told you about my Master’s thesis and presenting it at the EWEA offshore event in Amsterdam. Here now below are some of the main conclusions of that presentation. There are no technical barriers to the European Supergrid, and it could become economically feasible in comparison to the status quo,...

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A Feasibility Study on the Phase 1 of the European Supergrid Part 1/2

January 30, 2012
  The EWEA offshore conference took place late last year in Amsterdam. This event was attended by over 8,000 people and is widely regarded as the largest offshore event in Europe. The event was to be my first foray into presenting and I delivered a presentation based on my Master’s Thesis: ‘A Feasibility Study on...

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The World Future Energy Summit 2012

January 17, 2012
  The gardens of the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi are lush and extensive; an oasis in a city overlooked by futuristic skyscrapers that mark this region’s dramatic growth over the last decade. I am here at a Reception to mark the UK’s contribution to the World Future Energy Summit. Hosted by Abu Dhabi, WFES...

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Creative destruction

September 7, 2011
by Nick Fedorkiw, Regulatory Affairs Manager. Creative Destruction: that was economist Joseph Schumpeter’s phrase to describe how capitalism allows for innovative, more efficient technologies to take over their predecessors, sometimes in a violent fashion. Examples would be online films replacing DVDs (good for Netflix, bad for blockbuster), cars replacing the horse and buggy, etc. It...

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