Diageo to pour millions into electrification of Cameronbridge Distillery

Stuart Stone
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Facility producing Gordons, Tanqueray and Smirnoff to switch to green electricity, saving an estimated 33,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year

Diageo has today unveiled a multi-million pound project to electrify the Cameronbridge Distillery in Fife, which should cut annual carbon emissions from the Gordons, Tanqueray, and Smirnoff producing site...

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