Reducing the carbon footprint of Whisky production through the use of a battery and heat storage alongside renewable generation

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 energyintensive 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.

A model for optimum prioritisation of energy storage use. I: Optimum local use of local generation

“…The energy storage model was initially proposed by Früh et al (2021) [10] within the context of a distillery using both, a PCM heat battery to provide heat for the distillation, and a standard battery to provide electricity for ancillary needs of the distillery. This model has now been developed further for integration of an energy storage system (ESS) into an energy model with a variety of renewable generation and variable energy tariffs.…”