Scottish Plant Will Produce Electricity From Whisky By-Products
By: Sarah Chappell
Published: June 5, 2011

A new heat and power plant in the Speyside region of Scotland that will use whisky distillery by-products to produce electricity has secured funding. The £60.5 million biomass plant from Helius CoRDe is a joint operation between Helius Energy and the Combination of Rothes Distillers, and will produce enough energy to power 9,000 homes with its 7.2 megawatts of electricity. The plant will become operational in 2013 and is expected save 46,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year.