Energy hub hopes for Aran Islands

These three wind turbines were erected 10 years ago by the then Inis Meáin co-op as a means of developing sustainable energy on the Aran island.

Energy hub hopes for Aran Islands

However, a few years later the co-op, which acted as a management company for the island, collapsed in controversy and the turbines were never used again.

However, the Spirt of Ireland (SOI) project is now one of nine groups seeking to buy them from the liquidator as part of plans to transform the Aran Islands into a sustainable energy laboratory.

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