Moray distillery to cut carbon and costs
The owners of Benromach Distillery in Forres are installing a heat recovery system to recycle waste heat.
A Moray distillery is embarking on a project that will cut carbon and costs at a time where increasing energy costs are extremely pertinent.
Benromach Distillery in Forres is one of two distilleries owned by family firm Gordon & MacPhail.
The company has secured up to £62,500 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) towards the cost of buying and installing a heat recovery system. This will capture heat from its distillation process and re-use that heat to pre-heat the next batch.
Senior development manager with HIE in Moray Steve Richards said:
“Ben Romach is important as a local employer and part of the significant Moray whisky industry. This latest initiative will further improve the environmental credentials of the distillery building while saving energy costs. I’m pleased we’ve been able to provide support and look forward to continuing to work with the company as the project develops.”
Head of manufacturing for Gordon and MacPhail Mhairi Winters said:
“We are extremely grateful to HIE helping us implement this project, which, in addition to lowering our gas usage on site and reducing carbon emissions, has also improved safety on site by lowering the temperature of our co-product being loaded into tanker.”
Gordon & MacPhail is a family-owned premium spirits company based in Elgin. The company was established in 1895 and evolved from a local grocer to a globally respected name in the whisky industry. It’s best known as an independent bottler and maturation expert selecting and ageing single malt whiskies from more than 100 distilleries across Scotland.