Waste from farms and distilleries to produce biogas to run Islay vehicles

In an exciting development on Islay, the example of a successful Swedish plant has inspired islanders to start exploring the feasibility of capturing methane as biofuel from farm and distillery wastes.

David Protherough, of Recycling Islay and Jura Group (REJIG – great acronym) says: ‘We are looking to produce methane or biogas to use as road fuel to try and isolate islanders from rising fuel costs’.

The initiative would have additional advantages – it would provide better quality organic fertilisers for farmers and greener waste disposal.

Where the new convention for deriving energy from organic waste is to produce heat or electricity from it, Islay is looking at a plant where farm waste, dregs and pot ale would be digested by naturally occuring microbes to produce methane gas.

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