Whisky Maker Turns Whisky Waste Into Bio-Fuel For Trucks, Cuts 95% Emissions
What's special about this, is that it produces minimal CO2 and other harmful emissions. The gas is produced through anaerobic digestion when bacteria breaks down organic matter and produces biogas along the way.
Making whisky results in the creation of a beverage that many truly adore. However, it also results in the creation of a ton of waste. One whisky maker has now turned their whisky waste into fuel for company trucks.
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Reported first by Reuters, whisky maker Glenfiddich, who¡¯s one of the premium fine whisky makers has begun converting its delivery trucks to run low-emission biogas that¡¯s made out of waste generated from its own distillation process, as a part of a closed-loop sustainability initiative.
The fuelling stations have been installed at Dufftown distillery in north-eastern Scotland. It is making use of a tech developed by its parent company William Grant & Sons that converts in production waste residue into ULCF or Ultra-Low Carbon Fuel gas.
What's special about this, is that it produces minimal CO2 and other harmful emissions. The gas is produced through anaerobic digestion when bacteria breaks down organic matter and produces biogas along the way.
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Originally, the company would sell the grains leftover from malting to produce high-protein cattle feed but by using the waste to develop biogas enables the company to fully recycle all of its products.
The company has revealed that its whisky-based fuel is powering three specially-designed trucks that are made to run on the aforementioned fuel. The vehicles converted from truckmaker Iveco actually are designed to run on liquified natural gas.
Three trucks in Glenfiddich¡¯s fleet today transport the spirit from production at Dufftown through to bottling and packaging, across four William Grant & Sons sites in central and western Scotland.
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According to Glenfiddich, the biogas cuts CO2 emissions by 95 percent compared to diesel and other fossil fuels while also drastically reducing harmful greenhouse gases particulate matter by 99 percent.
Each truck will be able to displace 250 tonnes of CO2 every year, as per company claims. The company also announced that it plans to achieve a carbon net-zero target by 2040.
