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Energy<\/h1>\n

The sugarcane industry has long been recycling crop residue to produce heat and electricity to power its factories. Known as bagasse, this by-product of sugar production is the fibrous material that remains after the cane is crushed to extract the juice.<\/p>\n

Bagasse waste generated at sugar mills is used on-site to provide steam and electricity for the sugar making process. This is a <\/span>major benefit enabling mills to offset almost all of the energy consumed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Excess electricity can be exported into the grid and some sugar mills export up to half of the power they generate from bagasse back into the national energy market.<\/p>\n

Using bagasse this way produces almost zero greenhouse gas emissions. Using it as an energy source avoids having to transport the waste off-site or leave it to rot and breakdown, resulting in methane emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The use of bagasse nationally to produce ‘green’ energy is estimated to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by over 1.5 million tonnes each year.<\/p>\n

Source: cleanenergyregulator.gov.au<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>

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