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Cogeneration

Generating electricity from bagasse at a sugar mill

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Plain meaning
Generating electricity from bagasse at a sugar mill
How to use it
Watch for mills selling power; it can strengthen their finances and grower payments.
South African benchmark
Article 114 describes cogeneration as an unrealised lever for South African mills.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M17-U4
Calculate it
T-M17-04 Processing Margin
Library sources
LIB-A114, LIB-A115, LIB-P-Sugar, LIB-P-Sugar-IP
See also
Bagasse
Sugar: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSugar: how the business runsSold bytonnes of cane per hectare1Plant cane2Grow 12-18 months3Cut4Deliver to mill5Sugar and bagasseZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Sugar Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M17 Sugar.