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Drink whisky, help save the planet - fuelling the energy transition
Plugged In: the energy news podcast
Plugged In: the energy news podcast
Drink whisky, help save the planet - fuelling the energy transition
Dec 19, 2025
Season 7
Episode 50
Montel News
How could our Christmas leftovers, such as rejected potatoes and 'pottail' from whisky distilleries, fuel the energy transition?
In our final episode for 2025, Richard sits down with a company in Scotland to discuss how they produce bio-based green chemicals from food and drink byproducts, and how these greener alternatives are already helping pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries wean off fossil fuel chemicals.
Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News
Contributor: Gabriel Power - UK Reporter, Montel News
Guest: Mark Simmers - CEO, Celtic Renewables
Editor: Oscar Birk
Producer: Sarah Knowles
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