A Fully Switched On Business

“We at Waterpower were delighted to be nominated for these awards. IRD has helped Waterpower in their journey to be a renewable Energy supplier. Waterpower had to move to Kanturk to access Broadband and IRD helped Waterpower to move office from Banteer to Kanturk. IRD also organized a fantastic mentor to help .”

Electrician Dan Twomey built his first hydro electric station in 1985 to provide heating, electricity, and hot water to his home in Banteer. From there, he caught a liking for the process!

He started designing and building hydro stations all over the island, and has since constructed 45 stations from Kerry to Belfast. In 2002 he founded Waterpower Engineering and in 2003, he secured a license from the commission of regulation of utilities (CRU) to trade excess energy. This works to make companies involved more efficient. A wholly Irish company, they remain privately owned and based in Kanturk with 10 currently employed.

WaterPower harness the power of wind, sun, biomass, and of course, water. With this, they supply homes and businesses with electricity. They work as consultants with those wishing to build their own renewable energy projects.

Laura Murphy, Andries Van Niekerk, founder Dan Twomey, and Josephine Vaughan

They are suppliers and installers of Solar PV, with an accreditation by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). At the beginning of 2023, they were acknowledge as the cheapest energy supplier nationwide, and this brought incredible interest to their business.

As well as this, thanks to their CRU license, they work closely with those that generate renewable electricity themselves and purchase their excess electricity to feed into their network.

They have a passion about employing locally and boosting the local economy, as well as striving to reduce fossil fuel dependency and subsequent carbon emissions. Their perseverance and hard work aims to bring nationwide benefits. They are sure to be a frontrunner in combating climate change as well as a success story in the post pandemic landscape.

Twitter: @WaterpowerIRL

Instagram: @waterpowerirl

Website: waterpower.ie

The original business was focused on hydropower but now they provide solutions across all renewables