Production of electricity from bagasse in Mauritius
| MSI01P3578 | |
| Kong Win Chang, K. T. K. F. Autrey, L. J. C. Wong Sak Hoi, L. | |
| Production of electricity from bagasse in Mauritius | |
| 24th ISSCT Congress, Brisbane, September 01 | |
| periodical article | |
| 2001 | |
| Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol. | |
| 24 (1): 282-287 | |
| En | |
| En Fr Es | |
| The evolution of energy production from bagasse in Mauritius is reviewed. The various policies and incentives introduced for the sugar industry to embark on the electricity generation projects are described. The incentives include performance-linked rebates on export duty payable to millers for bagasse sold to firm power suppliers; income tax exemption on revenue from selling electricity; and a capital allowance for investment in energy conservation and generation in sugar factories. Legislation has been introduced to provide fiscal incentives and to address the socio-economic and political issues related to centralization. The issue of electricity price has been addressed. A concerted effort by all the stakeholders has enabled the electricity exported from sugar factory power plants to rise from 31 GWh in 1981 to 360 GWh in 2000. If gasification technology could be successfully applied in Mauritius, 2050 GWh of the estimated 2300 GWh of electricity that would be required for the whole island in year 2005 could be exported to the grid from sugar factories. | |
| Sugarcane byproducts bagasse energy electricity production gasification incentives legislation | |
| Mauritius | |
| Cane sugar manufacture | |
| Sugarcane Byproducts | |
| 2001-09-11 | |
| En | |
| ST |