Scotch whisky can do many things: it can make a man (or woman)
foolhardy, it can make them brave, it can make them drunk and it
can make them appear wise. But until now, it hadn’t been used as
a source of fuel. Tullibardine Distillery in Perthshire has
launched into a joint project with a company called Celtic
Renewables, affiliated to Napier University in Edinburgh, to
work on transforming the waste products from the distillation
process into biofuel for cars. Thousands of tonnes of draff (the
barley husks left over after fermentation) and pot ales (high-
protein residue left inside the tanks) will be treated with
special bacteria that will create the fuel. And there’s no
shortage of supplies, as more than 90 per cent of the
ingredients that go into whisky don’t end up in the bottle.
Professor Martin Tangney, founder of Celtic Renewables, told
Metro that the project will “utilise resources on our doorstep
to benefit both the environment and the economy” He explained
that the project, which has received govern