El Salvador: $25 Million Investment in Cogeneration Power Plant

The El Ángel sugar mill has invested $25 million to expand its cogeneration power capacity.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat energy from a primary energy source. In this case the source is the burning of sugar cane waste, which is converted into heat and then power.

Juan Wright, president of El Ángel, told Elsalvador.com that, “We are now attempting to implement the third stage of cogeneration, lasting approximately two years, with the aim of beginning production in the cane-cutting season of 2011-12.

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