Tributes to renewable energy 'visionary' Eddie O'Connor

After a career with ESB and Bord na Móna, where he was chief executive, the Roscommon native set up Airtricity in the 1990s and effectively kickstarted investments in Irish wind power

Eddie O'Connor promoted the idea of a trans-European energy supergrid. Picture: Jason Clarke

Leaders of business groups have hailed the achievements of serial entrepreneur and Irish renewable energy pioneer Eddie O'Connor whose death at the age of 76 was announced this weekend. 

After a career with ESB and Bord na Móna, where he was a former chief executive, Mr O'Connor went on to set up Airtricity in the 1990s and effectively kickstarted investments in wind power in Ireland.