Northern Ireland<\/a> and the Republic of Ireland and were rewarded with the Silver Award at the ceremony.\n<\/p>\n\n The company delivers solar PV systems, battery energy storage projects, demand flexibility programmes, grid support works and long-term maintenance services for business customers.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their work includes a first of its kind solar development at Shannon Airport as well as projects for Americold Ireland in both Lurgan and Monaghan and a ground mount solar project at Hydebank College in Belfast.\n<\/p>\n
\n It has also played a key role in supporting operational and maintenance activity across several installations in Northern Ireland and is continuing to expand its delivery capacity in the commercial and industrial markets.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the easyJet founder who created the awards, praised the company and others for their work in creating economic links between communities north and south of the Border.\n<\/p>\n
\n Reflecting on the achievement, Declan McDonald said: \u201cBeing recognised at this level is a proud moment for everyone involved.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are committed to building specialised energy skills here at home, with opportunities for people who want to work in a growing sector.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The company has now revealed plans to allocate part of its \u20ac100,000 prize to funding education initiatives that promote the understanding of renewable technology.\n<\/p>\n
\n That will include a school programme linking classrooms on either side of the Border, and it also intends on expanding its workforce with further project announcements expected early next year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Co-founder Barry Sherry added: \u201cThis award belongs to our team, our suppliers and our clients.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe renewable sector is moving quickly, and our focus is on delivering high-quality commercial projects and supporting businesses to take control of their energy use.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The winners of the awards were selected by Sir Stelios. He picked them from a field of applicants with applicants including demonstrating cross-border trade, having a turnover of a minimum of \u00a3160,000 and employing upwards of three staff members.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking at the event, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, said: \u201cThis is a proud day for entrepreneurship on the island of Ireland.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe winners we honour today show that when determination, innovation, and creativity meet, borders become bridges.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThese entrepreneurs are not only building successful businesses, they are proving that collaboration across communities leads to prosperity for all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Declan McDonald started ACEL Energy alongside Barry Sherry from Monaghan and they were honoured at the inaugural Stelios…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,63,99,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-264775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}