Celtic Renewables Ltd. is the first company to produce biofuel from the by-products of the scotch whisky industry.
[1][2] It has been estimated that annually the whisky industry produces 1.6 billion litres of pot ale and 500,000 tonnes of draff which has historically been used for animal feed.
Several supply partnerships have been established with local distilleries along with a relationship with Europe’s biotech flagship Bio Base Europe where it has piloted its biofuel production process with a £1 million grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
The company also carries the support of the Scotch Whisky Association and the Scottish Government, where this process is well aligned to both national biofuel and carbon reduction targets.
[6] Celtic Renewables was created by Professor Martin Tangney OBE, who is also the Director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Edinburgh Napier University.