Japanese conglomerate Marubeni sees this week’s deal for a stake in Irish developer Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) as a chance to get in on the ground-floor of major global projects, executives told Recharge.

Marubeni is spending €100m ($133m) for a 25% stake in MRP – the latest in a string of deals the power-producer has made in the renewables space over the last year.

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