Duke visits distillery and biomass plant at start of Scottish visit
ByThe Courier Reporter
The duke during his visit to the bottling plant.
The Duke of Rothesay brought his environmental and whisky interests together as he opened a biomass plant and a whisky-bottling centre at a 173-year-old distillery.
The duke was at Glen Grant distillery and the Helius Corde plant in Rothes, Morayshire, at the start of a three-day visit to the north of Scotland.
He met staff and toured the distillery to see how the whisky is matured and bottled.
The duke unveiled a plaque on a pyramid of whisky barrels outside the distillery and quipped: “Is this the emergency supply?”
The plant produces 2,000 bottles an hour, which are mainly exported to Europe and Asia.
Earlier he toured and opened the new Helius Corde heat and power biomass plant, designed to recycle the waste created from making whisky.
It takes by-product from 12 distilleries and recycles it as animal feed. It also creates electricity by burning draff and woodchip.
Duke visits distillery and biomass plant at start of Scottish visit
