More than a decade after he helped build Mainstream Renewable Power into a global-scale clean energy player, Andy Kinsella is convinced there’s still room for the type of “nimble, entrepreneurial” developer he wants new venture Aer Soléir to become.

Kinsella re-emerged on the renewable energy scene as CEO of Aer Soléir earlier in April after a gap following his resignation last August from Mainstream, where he was also chief executive and – 12 years earlier – the first hire of founder Eddie O’Connor.