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Power In Scotland From Tides and Whiskey

Posted by timothy on from the plus-the-spinning-corpse-of-william-wallace dept.

tsamsoniw writes "Singapore-based Atlantis Resources Corporation, which brings to the table tidal-turbine technology, is partnering with Scotland-based datacenter developer Internet Villages International) to construct a tidal-powered 150MW 'Blue Datacenter,' InfoWorld reports. If all goes to plan, the facility will eventually be powered entirely by clean energy produced by tidal-current turbines in the Pentland Firth, the stretch of water between the far north Scottish mainland and Orkney. The firth's currents could generate 700 megawatts of electricity by 2020." And reader Mike writes "Here's something to raise a glass to: recently the Rothes consortium of whiskey and scotch distillers announced that they have partnered with Helius Energy to install a power plant fueled entirely by whiskey by-products. The completed plant will use biomass cogeneration to convert draff and pot ale from the distillery into 7.2 MW of electricity — enough to power 9,000 homes."

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  1. Whisky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Of course in Scotland we call it Whisky...

    1. Re:Whisky by FTWinston · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yeah, Whiskey is Irish, Whisky is Scottish.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky

      They're very different drinks. Although speaking as a Scot, the only Whisk(e)y i actually like is Jack Daniels, and being american, thats Whiskey too. Meh.

    2. Re:Whisky by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 3, Informative

      Dunno about Spanish whisk(e)y but Welsh whisk(e)y is 'wisgi'.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky

    3. Re:Whisky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      No it's not, it's bourbon.

      Jack Daniels is definitely not bourbon.
      It is a Tennesee Whiskey.

    4. Re:Whisky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Actually Bourbon is a type of whiskey. It was named bourbon, because it was originally made in Bourbon county, Kentucky

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey

      Sincerely,

      Anonymous Alcoholic

  2. 7.2MW for 9000 homes? by AceJohnny · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's 800W per home. That's very little. A fridge, a microwave, and you're quickly over it.

    What is, actually, the average power draw of a home in Scotland?

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  3. It's actually TWO huge data centers by 1sockchuck · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Scottish tidal power project actually involves two huge data center projects. Atlantis is working with Morgan Stanley on a large data center near its planned tidal power generation site in the Pentland Firth. Internet Villages is planning a large data center campus near Dumfries that could eventually include 3 million SF of data center facilities. The alliance will split the responsibiltiies, with Atlantis handling power generation at its own site and a second location nearer the Dumfires project, while IVI will handles the marketing and be responsible for finding customers for both facilities.

  4. Re:Reclassification needed! by coleblak · · Score: 3, Informative

    if it's from Scotland, it's whisky, not whiskey.

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