Study reveals how whisky distilleries could brew up green hydrogen

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Heriot Watt University - Nanoparticles (left) being added to distillery wastewater
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Credit: Heriot Watt University - Nanoparticles (left) being added to distillery wastewater

Treating around one billion litres of global distilling industry wastewater could cut green hydrogen's 'extensive freshwater footprint', research from Heriot-Watt University finds

Around one billion litres of wastewater from the global distilling industry could be used to produce green hydrogen by harnessing materials developed by scientists at Heriot-Watt University, new research...

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