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Founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power (2008),
Eddie O'Connor has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of
Science by UCD.
In 1997, O'Connor founded Airtricity Holdings Ltd and
he served as the company's chief executive until January
2008.
In 2007, Airtricity's North American Business Unit was
sold to E.on for approximately €995m.
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The remainder of the company was sold to Scottish and Southern
Energy in January 2008. O'Connor is secretary of the European
Wind Energy Association.
Eddie O'Connor's legacy will also include the European Offshore
Supergrid - which, when built, will guarantee European energy
self-sufficiency and the production of carbon-free electricity.
"Eddie O'Connor is a passionate man - he is passionate
about his work and his family and he is passionate about life"
- said Professor Don MacElroy, Head of the UCD
School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering.
"Eddie graduated from UCD in 1970 and I feel at liberty
to say, at this time, that the then Professor of Chemical
Engineering - the late John O'Donnell - prophetically wrote
on Eddie's undergraduate record - and I quote - 'Mr O'Connor
should do well - with experience'. Professor O'Donnell
was certainly prescient, but even he would admit that here,
he was a little understated.
"Today, in full acknowledgement of his remarkable contribution
to the issue which, more than any other, determines our future,
Eddie O'Connor returns to his Alma Mater to receive
this honour."
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