The
company
wants
to
build
the
wind
park,
called
Energy
Bridge,
across
a
swathe
of
rural
land
in
the
Irish
midlands.
It
hopes
to
have
the
necessary
planning
permissions
by
2015
and
to
begin
exporting
the
first
power
by
2017,
when
it
expects
to
have
1.2GW
in
place.
Mainstream
chief
executive
Eddie
O’Connor
claims
the
situation
of
the
energy-hungry
UK
–
which
needs
to
meet
renewable
power
targets,
and
has
an
ageing
conventional
and
nuclear
fleet
–
has
created
a
“once
in
a
lifetime”
opportunity
for
neighbouring
Ireland.
He
claims
wind
has
the
potential…
