Moving To The Sunny Side Of The Street

Eirsolar’s Sean Dempsey & Ian Jordan Kilcoole THURS16JULY26

retty much a daily occurrence in Ireland, it was in a pub that friends Sean Dempsey and Ian Jordan suddenly had a revelation.

Both had been working for years in the emerging solar power industry, and both had noticed a major glitch in the matrix which centred on pretty much the most important element.

Namely, the customer.

“It’s just a big commitment for people to switch over to a new energy source after decades upon decades of ESB, petrol, diesel, whatever,” says Ian. “And we just recognised that to make the transition to something cleaner and cheaper wasn’t just about the initial installation but the years following that switch, as people figure out what’s working for them, and what’s not…”

“And they need to be able to get in touch immediately with those who installed the solar panels without any vague waiting period,” nods Sean. “Some companies will see the installation as job done, and they’re gone, on to the next job. We decided that, if we started our own solar energy installations, we would not only make sure that the customer got exactly what they needed, no more, no less, but that we would be there for them in the years following, so they were never left stranded with a system they didn’t yet fully understand…”

We’re over in sunny Kilcoole, with the lads and their wrangler, Carol, at the new Eirsolar HQ, having made the move here in February given that their previous Sandyford premises just couldn’t handle the boom in business. More and more people recognising the need to move away from fossil fuels where possible.

And the great word of mouth for Eirsolar helped that boom too, of course.

Just how the sunshine supermen got from there to here, hey, we decided to find out…

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