The Sugarcane Growers Association (SCGA) will establish high-tech power plant having a capacity of 4 MW in Mamoo Kanjan district Faisalabad at a cost of Rs 700 million.
Talking to APP here on Sunday, SCGA Convenor Javed Malik said that 60,000 liters ethanol to be extracted from sugarcane juice daily will be the main product of the plant which would help meet the country's requirement while its excessive quantity would be exported to other countries.
He said the electricity will be its by-product. The Sugar Cane Growers have obtained No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the department concerned to establish power plant, and a proposal has been sent to the Provincial Co-operative Bank Limited (PCBL) for joint venture, he added.
Highlighting the salient features of the power plant, he said the high-tech plant will have the functional capacity to generate 1.5 kilowatt from 20-kg bagasse, while the existing sugar industries are generating only one kilowatt from 40 kg bagasse. Javed Malik also said that 2 MW electricity would be brought under utilisation of the plant while the rest of 2 MW would be provided to the nearby villages on subsidised rate. He said that about 10,000 to 15,000 local sugarcane growers will supply of their produce to the power plant on membership basis. In return, the plant management will facilitate the growers by providing them subsidy on fertiliser and electricity, besides quick payment of their produce.
He said the plant would help provide employment opportunity to 300-500 persons.
The multi-purpose power plant will help to produce feed for livestock, fertiliser, hard board and its related items from the leftover of sugarcane, he added.
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