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with well-known brands across the UK
and Ireland including Google, Estee
Lauder, University College Dublin,
Queen’s University Belfast, Bank of
Ireland, and Aer Lingus amongst many
others.
Discussing the confi rmation of the
partnership with 3T Power and SJG
Shauna Forbes, Director, 3T Power said,
“As the only electricity supply company
in Northern Ireland dedicated to
providing local businesses with 100%
renewable electricity generated locally,
we are delighted to act as the conduit
between Specialist Joinery Group and
our network of local renewable
generators to ensure that the
organisation not only meets its goals to
become a more environmentally
sustainable organisation but also
supports the
local economy
by purchasing
power
produced by
independent wind
turbine operators.”
The long-term
partnership between SJG
and 3T Power has marked an important
step in SJG’s company-wide strategy to
protect the environment, which
includes the use of renewable energy at
its heart. Champions of sustainability,
the 100-person business has also
adopted usage of a woodwaste burner to
utilise waste generated at the factory,
installed a solar panel system which
generates 50% of the facility’s electricity
needs, and invested heavily in the
planting of trees. Further plans for the
organisation include incorporation of
bee farming on-site, extension of the
solar panel system, and similar
woodwaste boiler systems implemented
as other factories are developed.
Speaking on the company’s decision
to partner with pioneering renewable
energy supplier 3T Power Ciaran
O’Hagan, Managing Director, Specialist
Joinery Group, added: “At Specialist,
we have a company-wide strategy to
protect our environment. With a
strong farming background and a love
of the land and of nature, it makes
sense to translate this into business
practice also. The use of renewable
energy has been at the heart of this
strategy and the partnership with 3T
closes the loop on all the
environmental actions we have been
taking to date in our environmental
excellence plan.”. MADE
About 3T Power
3T Power is powering a greener,
cleaner future for Northern Ireland
business by supplying 100%
renewable electricity, generated in
Northern Ireland.
Awarded their supply license in
2017, 3T Power provides a welcome
alternative to the large utility
offerings through its ability to
provide bespoke renewable energy
solutions to corporate energy users
with the added value of an excellent
one-to-one service.
Passionate innovators in the Irish
energy markets, 3T Power’s founders
aim to inspire energy transformation
away from the large, outdated forms
of generation, towards a greener,
cleaner, more sustainable future.
The company has extended its
renewable generation arm through
to a full supply offering, providing
the complete package from planning
through to PPA offtaker to offer
affordable renewable energy.
Directors of 3T Power include
Shauna Forbes, Thomas Kelso, and
David McElrea. Shauna Forbes’s
experience within the sector includes
over 20 years in energy and 10
years’ experience in the electricity
markets across the Island of Ireland.
She is also a Qualifi ed Chartered
Accountant. With backgrounds in
engineering, Thomas Kelso and
David McElrea have been at the
forefront of developing renewable
generation assets across Northern
Ireland for over a decade.
3T Power supplies renewable
electricity to a range of Northern
Irish businesses including:
Beannchor Group, Galgorm, and
Choice Housing, among others.
Leaders in
providing
bespoke,
aff ordable
renewable energy
solutions to local
businesses, 3T Power
has established a network of
locally owned and operated renewable
generators across Northern Ireland and
harnesses the power of wind, rain, sun
and waste to help local businesses
including Beannchor Group, Galgorm,
Choice Housing, and Smiley Monroe,
meet their sustainability goals.
Established in 2017 by Shauna Forbes,
Thomas Kelso and David McElrea, the
team behind 3T Power have developed
long-standing partnerships with local
energy producers and corporate energy
users which go beyond the traditional
customer-supplier relationship due to
their longstanding experience in the
energy and renewables sectors in
Northern Ireland where the team has
been working as active innovators and
developers in the sector for over two
decades.
Known for their-quality delivery of
high-end projects and their ethical
approach to projects, SJG have worked
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