Distiller aims to fuel new business

A small Scottish whisky maker is aiming to turn its byproducts into biofuel and become the world’s first whisky distillery to fuel vehicles in a move which could see Scotland’s 100-plus distilleries feed a £60m (€75m) industry.

Independent producer Tullibardine has linked up with Edinburgh Napier University to produce biobutanol, and a spinout company from the university, Celtic Renewables, is looking at two sites to build a processing plant.

The process has been developed by Prof Martin Tangney, who hails from Macroom, Co Cork.