Feasibility Assessment Of Converting Sugar Mills To Bioenergy Production In Africa

dc.creatorLima Verde Leal
dc.creatorManoel Regis; Dal Belo Leite
dc.creatorJoao Guilherme; Chagas
dc.creatorMateus Ferreira; da Maia
dc.creatorRui; Barbosa Cortez
dc.creatorLuis Augusto
dc.date2016
dc.dateset
dc.date2017-11-13T13:44:31Z
dc.date2017-11-13T13:44:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T05:59:09Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T05:59:09Z
dc.identifierAgriculture-basel. Mdpi Ag, v. 6, p. , 2016.
dc.identifier2077-0472
dc.identifierWOS:000385520100019
dc.identifier10.3390/agriculture6030045
dc.identifierhttp://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/6/3/45
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/328787
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1365812
dc.descriptionWorld sugar production has consistently overrun demand in the past five years. Moreover, in 2017 the European Sugar Regime will expire, ending the quota system and preferential sugar prices, largely affecting small producers, particularly in Africa. Diversification emerges as an option for sugar-oriented mills. Two evident alternatives are ethanol and electricity production that allow better use of molasses and cane fibers, respectively. Molasses is the cheapest feedstock for ethanol production, while the cane fibersin the form of bagasseare readily available at the mill. The transition from sugar to sugar, ethanol and electricity may require substantial investment capital, yet our results show that significant progress can start at relatively small cost. In this work, we use simulations to explore the impact of ethanol and electricity production in an existing sugar mill in Mozambique. In spite of the large amounts of energy obtained from ambitious scenarios, such as Ethanol-2 and Ethanol/EE, molasses-based ethanol (Ethanol-1 scenario) seems more attractive in economical and infrastructural terms. High opportunity costs for molasses, low oil prices and enabling institutional conditions, such as mandatory blending mandates, to promote bioenergy remain a challenge.
dc.description6
dc.description3
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.publisherBasel
dc.relationAgriculture-Basel
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceWOS
dc.subjectSugarcane Ethanol
dc.subjectBiomass Electricity
dc.subjectSimulation
dc.subjectMozambique
dc.titleFeasibility Assessment Of Converting Sugar Mills To Bioenergy Production In Africa
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


Este ítem pertenece a la siguiente institución