Reducing the carbon footprint of Whisky production through the use of a battery and heat storage alongside renewable generation   Wolf-Gerrit Früh, Jamie Hillis, Sandy Gataora, Dawn Maskell   2023/07/20

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of providing a typical distillery with low carbon energy through the combination of local wind energy, solar PV, electricity storage and heat storage. The aim of this is to increase the sustainability of the energy-intensive whisky industry. Using hourly local renewable resource data and typical distillery consumption information, the local energy generation is balanced against the demand at the time of use. This followed by load shifting using a battery and heat storage. Results show that significant carbon savings can be achieved by a carefully designed portfolio of hybrid generation, battery storage and heat storage.

Authors and affiliations

Wolf-Gerrit Früh(1), Jamie Hillis(2), Sandy Gataora(2), Dawn Maskell(3)
(1) Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland (UK)
(2) Sunamp Ltd., 1 Satellite Park, Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1RY
(3) International Centre for Brewing & Distilling, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)

Key words

Hybrid System, Wind Energy, Solar PV, Heat storage.

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