Sunstream Energy, located in the outskirts of Waterford city, Southern Ireland was established in 2001. The company founder Gene Hourihane, a qualified Mechanical Engineer, has a long relationship with small scale wind turbines having designed and built small battery charging units in the early eighties. With advances in modern technologies and the need for sustainable energy sources, small scale wind turbines are finally coming of age. Sunstream Energy is now well positioned to provide a valuable small wind turbine service to the Irish market.