Sustainable Scotch: UK's largest maltings plots switch to biomass and electric boilers

Cecilia Keating
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The Tweed Valley Maltings in Northumberland | Credit: Simpsons Malt Ltd
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The Tweed Valley Maltings in Northumberland | Credit: Simpsons Malt Ltd

AMP Clean Energy claims plan to build biomass and electric boilers on site marks first time industrial heat process has been decarbonised using a high-voltage electric boiler

The decarbonisation of the UK's whisky sector received a major boost this week, after plans were unveiled to transition the UK's largest malting site to low-carbon, clean energy. The £45m project, planned...

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