Projects
Glenturret Distillery
Glenturret is the oldest distillery in Scotland and home of The Famous Grouse Experience, an award winning interactive distillery tour which hosts over 100,000 visitors anually.
Phase 1 - 2008
Scottish Bioenergy installed a micro-reactor at the Glenturret Facility. Tests were conducted on growth rates with and without flue gas and effluent from the distilling process. The algae was able to capture copper from the effluent and flourished in contaminated water. Growth rates were in excess of 100 grams / square meter / day.
Phase 2 - 2008 / 2009 (See press release)
Robin Harper MSP with the system at Glenturret DistilleryEdrington Group, the distillery owner approved Phase 2 of the project. The effluent tank has been covered in bioreactors.
Design of the system began in 2008. Construction will commence in February 2009 with the effluent tank component becoming operational on October 5th, 2009.