The projects, which will require $1.65bn of investment, are scheduled to begin supplying power in January 2021 under 20-year contracts with the National Energy Commission of Chile.

Unlike in Chile’s tender last year, in which Mainstream successfully won 300MW of wind projects as part of a joint venture with Actis, the Irish developer bid on its own this time round – and is therefore the sole owner of the projects to be built.

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