Stills in The Orkney Distillery (Credit Orkney Distilling Ltd)

HySpirits Projects

The Orkney Distillery (Photo credit Colin Keldie)

The Orkney Distillery (Photo credit Colin Keldie)

Project: HySpirits II

Timescale: 2020-2021

Funder: Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) through phase 1 of the Green Distilleries Competition

Funding: £58,781

Project overview: 

HySpirits II investigated the feasibility of green hydrogen heating as a clean fuel solution for decarbonisation in the distilling sector.

The project built on the first HySpirits project completed in 2020 by broadening the investigation, assessing four different technology pathways to facilitate green hydrogen fuel-switching in the distilling sector. The technologies assessed within the project included; thermal fluid technology, steam technology, direct burn technology and dual fuel technology.

Following assessment, it was concluded that the optimal technology pathway from the four selected was dual fuel technology. A public report was published with the findings which is available to read here.

Partners:

  • Edrington (Highland Park)
  • Orkney Distilling Ltd.
  • Edinburgh Napier University
  • EMEC

Project news:

Jan 2020: Orkney Distilleries go green with Hydrogen


Project: HySpirits I

Timescale: 2019 – 2020

Funder: Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Funding: £148,600

Project overview:

HySpirits aims to investigate the development of a thermal fluid heater system to operate with hydrogen as the combustion fuel within the distilling process. This system will remove the need to use fossil fuels such as kerosene and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), for the process.

Partners:

  • Orkney Distilling Ltd.
  • Edinburgh Napier University
  • EMEC

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