A distillery in Orkney could make gin with the help of hydrogen power.
The Orkney Distillery 'HySpirits' project to explore the possibility of converting from using liquid petroleum gas has been awarded almost £150,000 of UK government funding.I know I'm all atingle.
The aim is to make providing heat during distillation more environmentally friendly.
The project is in conjunction with Napier University will[?] the European Marine Energy Centre (Emec).
'Incredibly exciting'
It is being described as a world first...MORE
More seriously, from the BBC in March 2019:
How hydrogen is transforming these tiny Scottish islands
And from the local Council:
H2 in Orkney – The Hydrogen Islands
This stuff is the reason we posted "The Orkney Energy Miracle" last February and "Energy: Deep Time and an Uncertain Future on the Orkney Islands" a couple months later.
Sadly, we couldn't get the Financial Times' J. Kelly to bite.
Even tried possibly more enticing locales (although seriously, what's not to love about Orkney?):
"The Hot Mess of Hawai‘i’s Renewable Power Push"
Inspired by Jemima Kelly* we continue our look at energy on little islands.**
But so far, nothing.