Whiskey by-products could be used to power current vehicles.
Celtic Renewables, a spin-out from Edinburgh Napier University, has signed an agreement with Bio Base Europe Pilot Plan in Ghent, Belgium. The agreement will allow the company to commercialise its process of turning whisky by-products into biofuels.
The company’s concept produces biobutanol from whisky waste known as draff – the spent grains – and pot ale – the liquid residue from copper stills. The process is based on research conducted at Edinburgh Napier’s Biofuel Research Centre. As part of the…
