The management of Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Limited (Sunbird Bioenergy group) has confirmed the company intends to invest US$10 million which will be used to buy dry elephant grass (biomass) from local farmers to supplement cane bagasse in its cogen unit at its sugar factory, according to local press reports.
Nicaragua – 38 MW cogen plant nearing completion at Montelimar mill [Registered]
Currently, the plant the plant produces approximately 1 million quintals of sugar per harvest, and its crushing capacity is 5000 tonnes of sugarcane per day (in the last harvest, the mill crushed 700,000 tonnes of cane).
Tanzania – Proposed US$500 mln sugar-power project in trouble [Registered]
SIDA, which provided 50million Swedish Kronas (US$5.9 mln) to the project, pulled out at end April after expiry of the deadline for EcoEnergy to get other private partners.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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