Eurotech Renewables based in Co Monaghan is celebrating 40 years in business and as a result is offering a 40 per cent discount to customers who purchase a heat pump. At the helm of it's success is local man Gerard Duffy. 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 - he 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.
Jodie Curran spoke with Gerard and began by asking him how his business first came about:
