Celtic Renewables expands Rosebank Distillery colaboration for another three years
In Scotland, Celtic Renewables has renewed its partnership with ultra-premium whisky distillery, Rosebank, part of Ian Macleod Distillers, for another three years. The partnership will see Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk send the pot ale by-product produced during its distilling process to the Celtic Renewables biorefinery located less than four miles away at Grangemouth.
The new agreement extends the existing three-year partnership between the companies, during which Celtic Renewables received over 4600 tons of whisky by-product from the few thousand casks created in the production of the reawakened Rosebank spirit.
Celtic Renewables uses pot ale as a feedstock to produce 500 tons of bio-based chemicals annually at its commercial demonstrator facility. Using pot ale extracts value from the whisky by-products and reduces the amount sent to animal feed or anaerobic digestion, the process by which organic material is broken down into CO2 and methane.
The bio-based chemicals that Celtic produces are chemically equivalent to fossil-based chemicals and can be used in the manufacturing of thousands of everyday consumer goods – everything from skin moisturisers and household cleaning products to paint and bike tyres.
With the pot ale supplied by Rosebank, Celtic Renewables can produce green chemicals that generate over 60 percent carbon savings when compared to their fossil-based counterparts, using a circular process that repurposes residues from distilling whisky instead of using fossil fuels.
Category: Fuels
