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Monday, November 29 2021 - 19:29
AsiaNet
Mainstream Renewable Power successfully raises EUR 90 million in additional equity funding to accelerate new market entries and build-out of gigawatt-scale renewable assets
DUBLIN, November 29, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

    Mainstream Renewable Power ("Mainstream"), the global wind and solar 
company, has raised €90 million in additional funding to accelerate new market 
entries and the build-out of gigawatt-scale wind and solar assets across Latin 
America, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. 

    The capital increase raised €90 million from Mainstream's current 
shareholder base, including Aker Horizons, which maintained its 75% stake in 
the company. Demand from Mainstream's Irish investor base was strong, resulting 
in an oversubscribed transaction.  

   The funding round will help accelerate the company's growth, extend its 
footprint and support its ambitions of building a global renewable energy 
major. Mainstream has secured several strategic wins in recent months, 
including winning preferred bidder status of projects with a combined capacity 
of 1.27 GW in South Africa, launching the 1 GW Nazca Renovables platform in 
Chile and securing an investment decision from the Provincial Government of Soc 
Trang relating to the 1.4 GW Phu Cuong Soc Trang offshore wind project in 
Vietnam. Mainstream is also currently in the process of constructing the 1.37 
GW Andes Renovables platform in Chile, on track to complete construction 
between 2021 and 2023. 

   Mary Quaney, Mainstream's Chief Executive Officer, said:

   "Today's announcement of an additional €90 million of funding means that 
Mainstream can accelerate its role in tackling climate change across the globe. 
This funding will help us deliver on the major project milestones we've 
announced in recent months, across South Africa, Vietnam and Chile, and 
strengthen our global growth trajectory as we continue to expand our presence 
in existing markets as well as enter new markets in the months ahead."

   Media Contact: 

   Emmet Curley, Head of Communications & Positioning 
   Phone: +353 86 2411 690 
   Email: emmet.curley@mainstreamrp.com  

   Caroline Cutler | Ojasvi Goel, FTI Consulting
   Phone: +44 20 3727 1000 
   Email: mainstreamRP@fticonsulting.com

   About Mainstream Renewable Power

   Mainstream Renewable Power is a leading pure-play renewable energy company 
with a global footprint. The company is focused on expanding its high-quality 
pipeline of more than 16.2 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar assets across Latin 
America, Africa, Asia Pacific as well as the global offshore wind sector. In 
May 2021, it closed an agreement for Aker Horizons to take a 75% equity stake 
in the company, enabling Mainstream to accelerate its global expansion plan.  
 
   Mainstream has delivered more than 6.5 GW of wind and solar assets to 
financial close-ready, and currently has 1.6 GW (net) in construction or 
operation across Latin America and Africa. In Chile, Mainstream's wholly owned 
1.37 GW Andes Renovables Platform of fully contracted wind and solar assets are 
on track to complete construction between 2021 and 2023. In South Africa, the 
company has delivered 850 MW of wind and solar assets into commercial 
operation, and in October 2021, twelve of its wind and solar projects, with a 
combined capacity of 1.27 GW (0.32 GW net) won preferred bidder status in Round 
5 of South Africa's Renewable Energy Procurement Programme. Through its Lekela 
Power joint venture the company has 410 MW of wind assets in construction in 
Senegal and Egypt.    

   Mainstream is one of the most successful pure-play developers of offshore 
wind at scale globally.  It has successfully consented Hornsea One (1.2 GW), 
the largest operational offshore wind plant in the world today; and developed 
the Hornsea 2 project (1.4 GW) before selling these projects and the entire 
Zone in 2015. Overall, it has developed and consented 20% of the UK's offshore 
wind capacity either in operation or under construction.  Mainstream fully 
consented the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project in Scotland, 450 MW, 
currently under construction.  The company's Soc Trang 1.4 GW (1 GW net) 
offshore wind development in Vietnam is one of South-East Asia's largest 
renewable energy developments.  

   Mainstream has raised more than EUR3.0bn in project finance to date and 
employs more than 420 people across five continents. 

   www.mainstreamrp.com

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   Source: Mainstream Renewable Power 





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