Amafutha asekelwe kumfucuza we-whisky? Ngikholwe, isivele iyasetshenziswa.

Ngemuva kwe-Aston Martin DB6 Steering Wheel yeNkosana uCharles, esebenzisa uphethiloli (ethanol) owenziwe ngewayini elimhlophe, manje sekuza izindaba zokuthi i-distillery yaseScotland iGlenfiddich ingakhiqiza i-biogas emfucumfucwini ekugayweni kwe-whisky yayo.

Le biogas isisebenza njengophethiloli emalolini amathathu kwangama-20 enawo emkhunjini wayo, kanti lesi sinyathelo siyingxenye yohlelo oluqhubekayo lweGlenfiddich uqobo, oludayisa amabhodlela e-whisky alinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-14 ngonyaka.

Ukwenza lokhu, i-distillery yasebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukiswe nguWilliam Grant & Sons, inkampani ye-distillery, ekwazi ukuguqula izinsalela kanye nemfucuza ibe yi-ultra-low carbon gaseous fuel ekhiqiza ukukhishwa okuncane kwe-carbon dioxide namanye amagesi ayingozi.

Isithako esiyinhloko sokukhiqizwa kwe-biogas ukudla okusanhlamvu okusetshenzisiwe okusele ohlelweni lwe-malting, okwakudayiswa ngaphambilini yi-Glenfiddich ukuze kusebenze njengokuphakelayo kwemfuyo okunamaprotheni amaningi.

Manje, okusanhlamvu kudlula inqubo yokugaya ukudla kwe-anaerobic, lapho ama-microorganisms (amagciwane) ekwazi ukubola izinto eziphilayo, akhiqize i-biogas. I-distillery iyakwazi futhi ukusebenzisa imfucuza ye-liquid kusuka ezinkambisweni zayo ukukhiqiza uphethiloli. Umgomo omkhulu uwukuba yonke imfucuza ye-whisky igaywe kabusha ngale ndlela.

I-Glenfiddich ifake iziteshi zokuthela uphethiloli endaweni yayo, eseDufftown, enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Scotland, lapho amaloli amathathu asevele eshintshiwe ukuze asebenzise le-biogas. Lezi yi-IVECO Stralis, phambilini ebisebenzisa igesi yemvelo.

Ngale biogas entsha etholakala ekukhiqizweni kwe-whisky, i-Glenfiddich ithi iloli ngalinye liyakwazi ukwehlisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 ngaphezu kuka-95% uma kuqhathaniswa namanye asebenzisa udizili noma amanye ama-fossil fuels. Futhi kunciphisa ukukhishwa kwezinhlayiya namanye amagesi abamba ukushisa kuze kufike ku-99%.

“Iloli ngalinye lizokwazi ukukhipha amathani angu-250 e-CO2 ngonyaka, enenzuzo efanayo kwezemvelo njengokutshala izihlahla ezifika ku-4000 ngonyaka - okulingana nokususa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yezindlu ezingu-112 ezisebenzisa igesi yemvelo, uphethiloli wezinsalela. "

Stuart Watts, umqondisi wezindawo zokugaya ukudla eWilliam Grant & Sons

Inhloso wukwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwalesi siphethiloli emikhunjini ehlukahlukene yokulethwa kwezinye izinhlobo zewiski zikaWilliam Grant & Sons, nethuba lokukhuphula ukukhiqizwa kwe-biogas ukuze kuphakelwe amaloli ezinye izinkampani.