Tomintoul distillery raises a glass to energy efficient boiler 25 June 2014

The energy-intensive process of creating one of Scotland's finest malt whiskies is being made more efficient, thanks to the installation of a new Wellman boiler system.

The Tomintoul distillery, in Speyside, contracted the West Midlands-based industrial steam boiler specialist to provide a new system with integrated economiser technology.

The 11,000kg/h high-efficiency steam boiler is allowing the distillery to reap the benefits of a new gas main recently installed on site as part of the Speyside Gas Pipeline project, part of the whisky industry's collaborative work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"Distilleries require very high quality boiler and burner packages, and we were able not only to offer this but also to comply with the fast fulfilment of the orde,r as the client had very tight delivery requirements," states Doug Howarth, national sales manager at Wellman Thermal Services, part of the Wellman Group.

"Previously, the distillery operated an oil fired boiler, and with oil prices consistently much higher than gas, this has seen energy running costs at Tomintoul increase steadily."

The Speyside Gas Pipeline project has now allowed four distilleries to replace their fuel supply with a lower carbon intensive alternative, achieving a reduction in CO2 emissions of over 10, 893 tonnes a year.

Other Wellman installations have been completed at Speyburn Distillery, Craigellachie Distillery, Tamnavulin Distillery. There is also a Wellman boiler at Chivas Bros, which was one of the founding companies of the Speyside project with Tomintoul and Diageo.

Brian Tinham

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