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Green energy from whisky

ENERGY from whisky? Lovers of the amber spirit might think it sounds like the environment movement's worst idea, but the Scottish island of Islay is pioneering a system that uses whisky to create green energy.

ENERGY from whisky? Lovers of the amber spirit might think it sounds like the environment movement's worst idea, but the Scottish island of Islay is pioneering a system that uses whisky to create green energy.

Bruichladdich Distillery is to build an anaerobic digester to convert thousands of tons of yeasty waste into methane gas that will be burned to make electricity. - Jonathan Leake

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