Edinburgh firm Falkirk has performed the world's first test-drive of a car powered by the by-products from the whisky distillery industry. It was created by Celtic Renewables Ltd, a spinout company from Edinburgh Napier University, which worked with Perthshire's Tullibardine Distillery on the project. Working with Perthshire 's Tullibardine Distillery, Celtic Perthshire turned kernels of barley called draff, and pot ale - a yeasty liquid left over from fermentation, to create biobutanol. It is a "direct replacement, here and now, for petrol", as current car engines required no modification to use the fuel, said the company, which has secured a 100 government grant to build a demonstration plant in Grangemouth , near Celtic Renewables , set to open in 2019 .
Edinburgh firm Falkirk has performed the world's first test-drive of a car powered by the by-products from the whisky distillery industry. Working with Perthshire 's Tullibardine Distillery, Celtic Perthshire turned kernels of barley called draff, and pot ale - a yeasty liquid left over from fermentation, to create biobutanol. It is a "direct replacement, here and now, for petrol", as current car engines required no modification to use the fuel, said the company, which has secured a 100 government grant to build a demonstration plant in Grangemouth , near Celtic Renewables , set to open in 2019 .