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February 12, 2009

Green Grid

And I'll drink to that!

Scotch drinkers who care for the climate will soon relish their tipple in the knowledge it is providing clean renewable power in the home of whiskey.

Scottish authorities have given planning permission for a consortium of distillers to build a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant near the heart of the whisky industry in Speyside in northeastern Scotland.

Helius Energy said on Wednesday it and the Combination of Rothes Distillers Ltd. would build the plant, which would use distillery by-products and wood chips to generate 7.2 megawatts of electricity, enough for about 9,000 homes, and heat.



Ah...um...those're BenRaich whiskey stills, they tell me.

I'm uncomfortable.

Posted by tree hugging sister at February 12, 2009 11:33 PM

Comments

If that were in the U.S. it'd be declared a "hostile work environment" for sure.

Posted by: Kate P at February 13, 2009 10:59 PM