Scotland is considered the home of whisky, so it may be the “power station” for devices based on alternative sources.
Car company Celtic Renewables, working on a whiskey, for the first time was a test drive.
The vehicle uses to operate the waste liquor. The car is dressed with draff and yeast liquid, which is left after fermentation. Every year in Scotland produced about 750 tons of this product, and therefore it was decided to engage effective processing.
The engine created by scientists at the University of Edinburgh. It runs on bioethanol, designed as an alternative to diesel and gasoline fuel.
As noted by the President of Celtic Renewables Martin Tangney,waste of whiskey production is extremely important. “We have developed the process of combining liquids with solid material to make a chemical called butanol. It is a direct replacement of gasoline. For the first time in the history of the vehicle is controlled by biofuels derived from waste products of whiskey. It is appropriate to make this historic test drive in Scotland, which is famous not only for its world famous whiskeys, but will become a powerhouse for renewable energy”.
The company received a state grant in the amount of 9 million pounds (nearly 304 million hryvnia) in order to create a plant in Grandemotte. It will be put into operation in 2019.
It is expected that over time, the industry may also be interested in manufacturers from Japan, USA and India.
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