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Sugar companies make more money from cogeneration than from sugar
Out of 650-odd sugar mills in India, 107 have CHP plants. This revenue has managed to bail sugar mills reeling from falling sugar prices. The Dhampur Sugar Mills in UP, which has largest cogeneration capacity in India, made Rs.420 million from its cogeneration in 07-08, compared to Rs.110 million from sugar! It sold about 177 million units of power to state. The 3rd largest sugar co, Triveni is selling 16-17 MW of power to the grid - Read More
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Bagasse, CHP and India energy deficit
The International Energy Agency says that the sugar sector has a potential to produce 5,100 MW of power through cogeneration, which is 69 percent of total cogeneration capacity. If the resources and technology are improved, cogeneration can produce almost 10,000 MW or 40 percent of the country's 2008 power deficit. - Read More
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India largest sugar producer
India is the largest producer of sugar in the world. - Read More
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De-icer derived from corn and sugar
Recently, Dupont Tate & Lyle Bio Products announced that, working in conjunction with Kilfrost, a major producer of de- and anti-icing fluids for aircraft, they have come up with a new de-icer derived from non-petroleum sources ? namely, corn and sugar.
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Sugar to hydrocarbons by chemical processing
Shell is involved in a project to turn sugar into hydrocarbons, this time by straight chemical processing (Nov 2008). The tech (mainly a set of non-biological catalysts) is provided by Virent Energy Systems, of Madison.
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LS9 turns sugar into petrol, diesel
LS9 turns sugar into alkanes (for petrol) and fatty acids (for biodiesel) - Read More
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India largest sugar consumer
India is the world's largest consumer of sugar, not sure if that's sweet news
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Topics : Agriculture
Brazil sugar producers say bagasse could supply up to 15 % of Brazilian electric needs
In Brazil, the president of the sugar producers industry association, UNICA, said that bagasse could supply up 11.5 terawatts, or up to 15 percent of Brazil's electricity by 2015. - Read More
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