Scotch drinkers who care for the climate will soon relish their tipple in the knowledge it is providing clean renewable power in the home of whiskey.
Scottish authorities have given planning permission for a consortium of distillers to build a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant near the heart of the whisky industry in Speyside in northeastern Scotland.
Helius Energy said on Wednesday it and the Combination of Rothes Distillers Ltd. would build the plant, which would use distillery by-products and wood chips to generate 7.2 megawatts of electricity, enough for about 9,000 homes, and heat.
"Not only will it generate renewable heat and power, but it secures additional markets for our distillery co-products," Frank Burns, general manager of the Combination of Rothes, said.
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Amazing what a bit of ingenuity can do!
Scottish authorities have given planning permission for a consortium of distillers to build a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant near the heart of the whisky industry in Speyside in northeastern Scotland.
Helius Energy said on Wednesday it and the Combination of Rothes Distillers Ltd. would build the plant, which would use distillery by-products and wood chips to generate 7.2 megawatts of electricity, enough for about 9,000 homes, and heat.
"Not only will it generate renewable heat and power, but it secures additional markets for our distillery co-products," Frank Burns, general manager of the Combination of Rothes, said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485906,00.html
Amazing what a bit of ingenuity can do!
