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Bioenergy plans made at
Scottish distillery
Friday, August 15, 2008
FIFE, Scotland - Plans for a pioneering bioenergy facility at
Scotland`s largest distillery, Cameronbridge in Fife, have been
outlined by beverage conglomerate Diageo. The company, which makes
Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff, has signed a partnership agreement with
energy management company, Dalkia, to create a new biomass CHP facility
at the Fife site. The proposed project, which is subject to planning
approval, will provide 98% of the thermal and 80% of electrical demand
used at the distillery.
Costing approximately £65 million [US $130 million], the planned development will integrate anaerobic digestion and biomass conversion on a commercial scale. The plant will use "spent wash" - a mixture of wheat, malted barley, yeast and water produced during distillation - which will be separated into liquid and dried solids. The liquid is then converted, via anaerobic digestion, into biogas and the dried solids form a biomass fuel source.
Around 90,000 tons of co-products, which would have required transport off-site by road, will be turned into bioenergy in the form of electricity and steam for use at the distillery. The facility will also recover almost a third of the site`s water requirements. It is believed to be the largest single investment in renewable technology by a non-utility company in the UK. Dalkia will construct the facility over the next two years and it will then transfer the facility to Diageo under a finance lease arrangement, while continuing to manage it.
"This will be a showcase bioenergy facility which harnesses a variety of green technologies in a project of an unprecedented scale in our industry," said Bryan Donaghey, managing director of Diageo Scotland.
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Source: RenewableEnergyWorld.com
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