:: Bagasse Cogeneration - Overview

Bagasse Power Plant

Bagasse is a byproduct of sugar cane that is used as fuel in boilers to produce process steam. The consumption of bagasse depends upon the pressure at which steam is produced in boiler. Co-generation projects with higher boiler pressure results in low computation of bagasse, resulting in increased operating days. To achieve this, certain implant measures are required to be undertaken.

Conventionally boilers of 40 bar pressure are in use. Based on the studies carried out in many sugar factories, use of high pressure boilers ( 60 bar and 100 bar) makes such power projects highly profitable. National potential of power through bagasse co-generation is about 3500 MW, while in Maharashtra it is 1250 MW.

Bagasse-based co-generation power projects are one of the important schemes of MEDA. There are nearly 202 sugar factories in Maharashtra. The present status of bagasse-based co-generation projects is as follows -

  1. Cogeneration Projects Status
  2. Biomas power projects status.

For general information on sugar factories in Maharashtra visit:
www.vsisugar.com