Celtic Renewables

Celtic Renewables Ltd. is the first company to produce biofuel from the by-products of the scotch whisky industry.[1][2]

Celtic Renewables Ltd
IndustryBiofuels
FounderProfessor Martin Tangney OBE
Headquarters
Edinburgh
,
Scotland, United kingdom
Key people
Mark Simmers (CEO) Jim Purves (COO)
ProductsBiobutanol
Acetone
Bioethanol
High grade animal feed

It has been estimated that annually the whisky industry produces 1.6 billion litres of pot ale and 500,000 tonnes of draff which has historically been used for animal feed.[3] Celtic Renewables has utilised these resources and adapted the traditional Weizmann Fermentation process (also known as ABE fermentation) to produce Biobutanol.

A partnership with Tullibardine distillery has been established along with a relationship with Europe’s biotech flagship Bio Base Europe where it has piloted its biofuel production process with a £1 million grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).The company also carries the support of the Scotch Whisky Association and the Scottish Government, where this process is well aligned to both national biofuel and carbon reduction targets.[4]  

Inception

Celtic Renewables was created by Professor Martin Tangney OBE, who is also the Director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Edinburgh Napier University. It was launched on 25 January 2012, at the University’s Sighthill Campus by Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism[2] and Lena Wilson, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise. Dr. Doug Ward, founder of Argent Energy, was appointed as its chairman and later succeeded by Chris Nash. Mark Simmers, fellow from The Saltire Foundation, is CEO.[5]

References
  1. BBC News Edinburgh start-up to make whisky biofuel
  2. Scots whisky biofuel team launch start-up - PRESS RELEASE – Wednesday 25 January 2012 Archived 30 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Whisky%20guidance%20FINAL%20010512%20AG.pdf
  4. mtc. "Company | Celtic Renewables". www.celtic-renewables.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. Saltire Fellow Named CEO of Celtic Renewables
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