Article: India: Bagasse power turns sweet option for sugar units.

Byline: Mamta03

The bagasse-based cogeneration option, which started as a cost-saving measure by sugar companies when the industry was reeling under margin pressure a few years ago, is fast turning into a money-spinning option.

Co-generation is the concept of producing two forms of energy from one fuel, of which one is heat and the other may be electricity or mechanical energy.

Sugar producers across the country, who are fast shifting to bagasse-based generation option to meet captive power needs, are increasingly exporting surplus to the grid from their plants and claiming CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) benefits in return.

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