Firms in the distilling industry are now helping the drive for renewable energy sources in Scotland, it has been revealed.
Plans for a new power plant at Rothes in Speyside will be powered from the biomass leftover from the whisky distillation process, the Guardian reports.
The spent grains used in production of the beverage, known as draff, will be burned at the site, which is expected to in turn produce enough energy to power 9,000 homes.
Sam Gardner, climate policy officer for WWF Scotland, told the publication that the new plant is a "welcome addition" to Scotland's portfolio of renewable energy power generation factories.
"It is using waste products from our whisky industry which is eminently sensible thing to do, and is producing heat both for whisky production and for the local community," he added.
Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has previously made an ambitious pledge to produce 100 per cent of Scotland's energy requirements through renewable sources by 2020.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the distilling industry includes:
Conveyors – screw conveyors – chain conveyors – belt conveyors
