Eurotech Renewables based in Co Monaghan is celebrating 40 years in business and as a result is offering a 40% discount to customers who purchase a heat pump. At the helm of it's success is local man Gerard Duffy. Having qualified as a mechanical engineer Gerard Duffy and his wife Agnes started the company with the intention of taking new heating ideas to the market. The family run business was established in 1984 to pioneer renewable energy, a time when oil, gas and solid fuel were the order of the day.
According to Gerard, work slowly evolved in the field of renewable energy, although the term Renewable Energy was never mentioned in those days. Gerard says it is amazing that 40 years later the view at the top of the hill is enhanced by wind turbines and fields of solar panels replacing fields of grass, a field that was once worth fighting over. The local businessman says Eurotech and it's customers played an "important role" in contributing to the evolution of changes that has taken place with renewable energy. Speaking to Northern Sound, Gerard believes respect for the planet is close to the respect for oneself.
