The Sunday Interview: Eddie O'Connor

We have a great chance to sell wind energy to Britain, says Eddie O'Connor. Now we just need to make sure we seize it, writes Jon Ihle.

Eddie O'Connor: 'It's wind -- it has no value. But with modern technology we're turning it into an export.' Photo Tony O'Shea

Eddie O'Connor CV

**Age:** 66

**Education:** BE in chemical engineering from UCD

**Career:** chief executive of Mainstream Renewable Power; former chief executive of Bord na Móna and Airtricity

**Family:** married with two children

**Hobbies:** fishing, reading, golf

**Favourite book:** Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

**Favourite movie:** Blade Runner

**Music:** Bob Dylan to Bach, and everything in between

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