Michael Phelan projects a low-key image to the outside world. This is despite being the co-founder and chief executive of one of the country’s most promising energy businesses – “such an important Irish company,” an industry leader familiar with GridBeyond told The Currency. For this interview ahead of this Tuesday’s announcement that GridBeyond has closed a €52 million funding round, Phelan, a soft-spoken 59-year-old, met The Currency in the company’s unmarked head office on the CityWest campus. The premises are practical and comfortable but offer none of the ostentatious frills usually associated with rising ventures promising to change the world…

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