Rathnure company scooped two top awards at energy show

By Esther Hayden

April 30 2016 12:00 AM

Rathnure company, Solar Electric Ireland, scooped the Product of the Show accolade at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's (SEAI) Energy Show 2016, recently.

The award was for their product sonnenBatterie - a high tech energy storage solution, which also won them Best Innovative Product. The product combines a solar photovoltaic system and a battery, meaning homeowners can get about 75 per cent of their yearly electricity requirement from clean energy generated on their roof. The system is already installed in thousands of homes in Europe.

Solar Electric Ireland is based in Killanne, Rathnure and was founded in 2011.

Co-owners, Robert Goss and Tom Foley, said: 'Our business is supplying and installing solar PV systems across Ireland. Now that storage systems have become technically and financially viable, we are delighted to have secured the rights to the market-leader in Germany, the Eco8 from sonnenBatterie. The fact that our product was chosen as Best Innovative Product and Product of the Show puts an important seal of approval and supports our plan to launch the product in Ireland. The product was very well received and we have already had a number of good enquiries which will make up our pilot projects for June.'

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