Kenyan Guinness brewery reduces emissions by 95% by using biomass fuel

The brewery was built and operated by Irish firm Designer Group, for EABL (East African breweries) a subsidiary of Diageo. It employs 30 Kenyans. Picture: Phil Behan/DFA

A brewery in Kenya built and operated by an Irish company uses macadamia nuts and woodchips to power machines producing bubbly Guinness at 6.5% strength.

The biomass plant was one of the climate-friendly businesses seen by Tánaiste Micheál Martin on Wednesday during his trip to the Horn of Africa region.