Optimising sustainability: Circular pathways for Scotch Whisky distillery co-products

Colm Duffy; David Styles; Isabel Schestak; Kenneth Macgregor; Frances Jack; Daniel Henn; Kirsty Black; Pietro P.M. Iannetta

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136436

Optimising sustainability: Circular pathways for Scotch Whisky distillery co-products

Colm Duffy
, David Styles
, Isabel Schestak
, Kenneth Macgregor
, Frances Jack
, Daniel Henn
, Kirsty Black
, Pietro P.M. Iannetta

Ysgol Gwyddorau Amgylcheddol a Naturiol

The James Hutton Institute, Dundee
University of Galway
The Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Edinburgh
University of Limerick
Arbikie Distillery
Abertay University

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The use of co-products for animal feed can potentially have a higher greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and water scarcity offset compared to bio-energy (bio-electricity/fuel) production. We cluster 136 Scotch Whisky distilleries and evaluate the co-product pathways for the production of animal-feed and/or bio-energy at centralised processing facilities. Production of animal feed, and the subsequent displacement of imported animal feed, offered the most significant GHG offset, which was between a factor of c.a. 2.5 to 8 times greater than the bio-electricity/fuel and bio-energy/feed scenarios. This offers significant potential from a global net-zero carbon emissions perspective. However, this comes at a cost to local energy security potential. Bio-electricity produced in the electricity intensive scenarios was 481 GWh per year. This would significantly increase Scotland's bio-energy production and equates to c.a. 5% of Scotland's non-commercial electricity needs.

Iaith wreiddiol	Saesneg
Rhif yr erthygl	136436
Cyfnodolyn	Journal of Cleaner Production
Cyfrol	395
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar	15 Chwef 2023
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136436
Statws	Cyhoeddwyd - 1 Ebr 2023

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