Marine energy company Nova Innovation has launched a new project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay.
It will install a series of underwater turbines between the isles of Islay and Jura in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, creating clean, renewable power generated by the tide to power local whisky distilleries.
Nova said that the subsea turbines have no visual impact on the landscape, create no shipping or navigational hazard, and work in harmony with the marine environment.
The 3MW Oran na Mara project – Gaelic for song of the sea – follows the success of Nova’s tidal power scheme at Bluemull Sound that has been powering homes, businesses and the grid in Shetland since 2016.