QUINN group

Strength through Diversity


	As a large user of electricity within its manuacturing base, the Group recognised the potential of the green energy market at an early stage. It constructed a five mega-watt wind farm in 1995 on the Slieve Rushen Mountain, which nestles behind the core-manufacturing base of the Group at Derrylin. This was further complemented in 2004 by the addition of a 13.5 mega-watt wind farm at Snugborough, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan. The combined 18.5 mega-watt output of these Windfarms is sufficient to support the electricity requirements of 11,000 homes. The power generated is fed into the National Grid and the business represents a strategic move for the Group in this sector. The Group is in the planning stages of further developments in this area.