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From hydrogen to repurposed waste, firms win government cash to convert distilleries to green energy


Updated: January 8, 2021, 8:19 am
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Businesses in Inverurie, Orkney and South Uist are among 17 in the UK to be awarded government funding to go green.
The firms will each receive between £44,000 and £85,000 in the first phase of a £10 million fund to help them explore new low-carbon energy sources including hydrogen and repurposed waste.
Businesses were invited to apply for the “Green Distilleries Competition” last year. Under the first phase of the initiative, the companies are putting forward feasibility studies on how to introduce the technologies into production processes. There will then be another round of funding later this year. ....

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Whisky gets into the spirit of building back greener


Whisky gets into the spirit of building back greener
£10 million fund to help UK’s world-famous distilleries go green by switching to low carbon fuels such as hydrogen.
From:
8 January 2021
UK distilleries raise a toast to government’s green industrial revolution in first phase of funding to cut carbon emissions and support new green jobs
£10 million fund to help UK’s world-famous distilleries go green by switching to low carbon fuels such as hydrogen
funding to enable distilleries to cut emissions by almost a million tonnes of CO2 every year - equivalent to taking 200,000 cars off the road
Whisky and spirit lovers are raising a glass to the delivery of new government funding that will ensure they can enjoy their favourite tipple without it costing the earth. ....

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