We pretty sure that the expression “drunk on power” was never meant to be taken this literally. Recently the Rothes consortium of whisky and scotch distillers announced that they have partnered with Helius Enery to install a power plant fueled by none other than, well, whisky by-products! We think that we can drink to that.
Whisky Power! Distillery Unveils Scotch Green Power
by Jorge Chapa, 01/28/09
filed under: Renewable Energy
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Maybe they can cut a deal with the recently spun- off Land Rover/Jaguar and come up with a hooch-powered hybrid-electric. “Oh, you take the highroad an I’ll take the lowroad, an I’ll get to Scotland afore ye…”
I wonder what these companies have been doing with waste biomass. Certainly not pouring it in the river.
So whoever was relying on that biomass will have to find a new (probably more expensive) input.
[...] manufacturing process and ensures that a number of by-products are recycled on-site in a bioenergy facility: for example leftover barley grain will be used as biomass fuel. In addition, water reclamation [...]
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