Comments on: A wee goldie for me, and one for my Vespa

A wee goldie for me, and one for my Vespa

psmealey — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:36:21 -0800

Proof of the warming power of whiskey. A pilot project, which will see the first district heating scheme based in a distillery, is being set up at the home of the Old Pulteney in Wick. It will produce environmentally-friendly power and reduce heating and electricity bills for nearly 600 householders.

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:54:15 -0800

Interesting. If I got it right excess heat from production process is recycle by rendering it into steam (heat carrier) which is used to heat houses (doubt it's being rendered into electricity, even if technically possible). Basically heat is moved were it's most needed (houses) and the little village becames a rather big economic-efficient radiator. GOOD ..for the villagers ; unfortunately one can't really tell if it's environmentally friendly, given that the article offers no data at all. Also, there's an under-the-radar risks with associated cost : what if the distillery goes bankrupt ?

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:04:49 -0800

Just for good measure, here is some information from the DOE on electrical power generation from biomass projects. As far as it being environmentally friendly, I think they usually omit the word "comparatively" before the description. But, it is a renewable source.

By: johnny novak

johnny novak — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:06:13 -0800

A distillery would never go bankrupt in Wick.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:15:41 -0800

I'll bet this is just a front for a sinister WMD program.

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:35:40 -0800

johnny: ehehe yeah , you sponge