Diageo investeert in duurzame whisky met bio-energie fabriek

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Diageo Invests In Sustainable Scotch Whisky With New £6m Bioenergy Plant For Speyside

DIAGEO, the world’s leading premium drinks business, yesterday announced plans to invest £6million in a new state-of-the-art bioenergy plant at its Glenlossie distillery complex in Speyside.

A planning application has been submitted to Moray Council to build the new plant which will produce energy by burning draff – the spent grain left over from distilling whisky - at the Glenlossie site near Elgin.

The proposed new plant will build on Diageo’s industry-leading investment in renewable energy at Roseisle distillery, the new £40million distillery which Diageo opened in Speyside last year, and a new £65million bioenergy plant at Cameronbridge distillery in Fife.

The Glenlossie bioenergy plant will use around 30,000 tonnes of draff per year, the by-product from around 12 million litres of Scotch whisky production. Diageo has 17 malt whisky distilleries on Speyside, producing over 50 million litres of spirit per year and providing a plentiful supply of draff.

The plant will produce steam which will be used in the operations on site, including Glenlossie and Mannochmore distilleries and the onsite dark grains plant, which makes animal feed. The bioenergy plant will make an important contribution to Diageo’s global environmental targets by reducing annual CO2 emissions by approximately 6,000 tonnes, the equivalent of taking around 1,600 family cars off the road.
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Drankengigant aan de duurzame whiskey

De producent, bekend van merken als Johnnie Walker whisky , Smirnoff wodka en Guiness bier gaat vanaf dit jaar whisky verkopen die wordt geproduceerd in de grootste en duurzaamste distilleerderij van Schotland. De Roseisle distilleerderij opende zijn deuren in september 2010 en is de eerste grote malt-distilleerderij die de afgelopen 30 jaar in Schotland is gebouwd.

Na drie jaar vruchten plukken

Met 27 distilleerderijen in zijn portfolio is Diageo de grootste whisky-producent van Schotland en de Roseislefabriek produceert 10 miljoen liter whisky per jaar van het totaal van 50 miljoen liter Schotse whisky. Diageo stak £ 40 mln (€ 49,7 mln) in de nieuwe Roseisle-distilleerderij en aangezien whisky minimaal 3 jaar in het vat moet liggen, kan Diageo nu de vruchten gaan plukken van de investering....

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... en wat foto's: Roseisle Distillery is Schots gebouw van het jaar.