The company founded by Dr. Tangney is called Celtic Renewables Ltd, an enteprise which is a spin out company from Edinburgh's Napier University. The company worked with a distillery, Tullibardine Distillery in Perthshire, on the project to produce the fuel. Almost 750,000 tonnes of draff and two billion litres of pot ale are produced by the malt whisky industry in Scotland every year. Dr. Martin Tangney said the residue was of no value whatsoever to the whisky industry. He added: "This is the first time in history that a car has ever been driven with a biofuel produced from whisky production residues.

Source: Irish Independent November 14, 2020 00:22 UTC