Diageo plans £6m bioenergy plant for sustainable scotch whiskey
Global spirits giant Diageo has plans to invest £6m in a bioenergy plant at its Glenlossie distillery complex in Speyside. The new state-of-the-art plant is said to reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 6,000 tons per annum.
Global spirits giant Diageo has plans to invest £6m in a bioenergy plant at its Glenlossie distillery complex in Speyside. The new state-of-the-art plant is said to reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 6,000 tons per annum.
The bioenergy plant will produce energy by burning draff - the spent grain left over from distilling whisky. Diageo has submitted a planning application to Moray Council to build the plant at the Glenlossie site near Elgin, UK.
The new plant will use nearly 30,000 tons of draff per year, the by-product from around 12 million liters of Scotch whisky production. The company has 17 malt whisky distilleries on Speyside, producing about 50 million liters of spirit per year.
According to the company, the proposed new plant will build on its investment in renewable energy at Roseisle distillery, the new £40million distillery which was opened in Speyside last year, and a new £65million bioenergy plant at Cameronbridge distillery in Fife.
The Glenlossie bioenergy plant will produce steam which is said to be used in the operations on site, including Glenlossie and Mannochmore distilleries and the onsite dark grains plant, which makes animal feed.
Recently, Diageo announced its plans to invest around £20m in expanding its malt whisky distillation capacity in Speyside over the next two-to-three years, by allowing its Speyside distilleries to produce an extra 10 million liters of alcohol per year. Additionally, the company plans to invest £3.2m in increasing capacity at the Glen Ord distillery near Inverness and £3.5m in increasing capacity at its Caol Ila distillery in Islay.
Source: Diageo
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