Mainstream Renewable Power, founded in 2008, has more than 5.4GW of offshore capacity under development, including the 4GW Hornsea zone in the UK and the 1GW Horizont project in the German North Sea.

But first on deck is Neart na Gaoithe (which means “strength of the wind” in Gaelic) off the western coast of Scotland. The momentum that the Dublin developer builds there will have huge consequences for the company and the Scottish renewables sector for years.

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