Brazil Raizen launches energy cogeneration units at two more sugar cane mills today - report

Nov 29, 2012 - Raizen, the sugar and ethanol joint venture of Brazilian sector player Cosan (SAO:CSAN3) and Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell (AMS:RDSA, LON:RDSA), will launch today energy cogeneration units at its Univalem and Ipaussu sugar cane processing mills, local daily Valor Economico reported late yesterday.
Raizen has invested a total BRL 660 million (USD 315.3m/EUR 242.8m) in the units and in the increase of the sugar cane crushing capacity of the two mills, the daily wrote.
Ipaussu has a cogeneration capacity of 76 MW and its sugar cane crushing capacity has been upgraded to 3.1 million tonnes from the previous 2 million tonnes per harvest. Univalem, in turn, is now able to generate 45 MW and process 3.1 million tonnes of sugar cane compared with 2.3 million tonnes per harvest before the expansion.
According to Valor, the company is thus completing the last phase of its cogeneration project which involves the use of sugar cane bagasse as a fuel. Razien now has cogeneration units in 13 of its total 24 sugar cane mills. The said 13 ventures have combined installed capacity of 934 MW, enough to supply a city with 7 million inhabitants, Pedro Mizutani, an executive at Raizen Energia has reportedly told Valor. According to him, together the 13 plants will annually require 12 million tonnes of bagasse.
Revenue energy sales already account for about 5% of Raizen Energia's total annual revenue, which stands at some BRL 6 billion, Mizutani also noted as cited by Valor.

(BRL 1 = USD 0.478/EUR 0.368)

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