The joint-venture company, with South Africa's Genesis Eco-Energy, will have two projects worth 70MW ready for construction by early next year.
The 30MW Jeffrey’s Bay wind farm, near Port Elizabeth, and a 40MW project at Colesberg, are both at advanced development stages, and expected to be fully operational by early 2011.
Mainstream chief executive Eddie O’Connor says he sees South Africa, which is struggling with power outages due to a lack of electricity generation, as a tremendous opportunity.
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