Whisky’s secret power: Turning waste to green hydrogen

Heriot-Watt University scientists have converted wastewater from the whisky distilling industry into green hydrogen

Whiskey giant to light up the spirits with Scottish solar power

Brown-Forman has partnered with YLEM Energy to create a 630kW solar array, generating 516,000KWp of clean energy annually at a distillery in Edinburgh

Scotch whisky bottles up sunnier days

Glenmorangie’s whisky bottling plant in Livingston has been fitted with 1,476 solar panels to cut energy bills

Scottish whisky distilleries raise a green glass to decarbonisation

Green hydrogen will be supplied to distilleries in the Scottish Highland to decarbonise their production

Scottish manufacturing firms awarded £3.4m to reduce emissions

One of the projects is the conversion of gas combustion furnaces to a cleaner, oxy-fuel system at a glass manufacturing plant

UK green bank backs Scottish whisky plant

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is funding the installation of a wood-fuelled power system at a whisky distillery in Scotland. The 4MW biomass boiler at the Royal Brackla Distillery in Nairn – a 200-year old facility operated by John Dewar & Sons – is expected to be 50% more efficient than the distillery’s current […]

Whisky distillery tots up backing for green power

The Macallan whisky distillery in Speyside, Scotland has won backing for its green energy project. Today it was announced the Green Investment Bank and John Laing are investing £26 million, while the Treasury is guaranteeing £48 million of debt raised from the bond market. Due to be ready in 2016, the new biomass Combined Heat […]