Orkney Distilleries Secure Funding to Go Green with Hydrogen Written by AZoCleantechJan 14 2021 The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has launched a project with world-renowned distillery Highland Park and The Orkney Distillery to investigate green hydrogen heating as a clean fuel solution for decarbonization in the distilling sector. Image Credit: Colin Keldie The HySpirits 2 project has received £58,781 of funding from the UK Government’s Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to produce a feasibility study, assessing a host of technologies that would enable the use of green hydrogen as fuel in the distilling process. Led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), HySpirits 2 brings together leading industry partners including global distilling group Edrington, owners of world-famous Highland Park distillery; and local craft distillery Orkney Distilling Ltd. Both partners have extensive sectoral knowledge and will deliver end-user data inputs as well as supporting the development of a market roll-out strategy. The partnership is completed by Edinburgh Napier University, with their industrial decarbonization team leading the pilot study design and hydrogen technology assessments. During the feasibility study, all project partners will contribute to scoping a pilot demonstration to take forward into the next phase of the project.