Car fuel to be made from whisky by-product

Posted on 25 Sep 2012

By-products from a Scottish distillery will be turned into fuel for cars in a process developed by Napier University in Edinburgh.

The Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire has collaborated with a spin-out company from Napier University in Edinburgh to develop the process. The technique uses bacteria to feed on the “leftovers” from the whisky making process. This produces butanol which can be processed into a form suitable to fuel vehicles. According to a report by the BBC,…

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