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SA sugar producer looking increasingly at energy production

South African-based sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett, says that renewable energy, in the form of biofuel production and electricity generation, is of increasing importance to the business.
SA sugar producer looking increasingly at energy production

The coming year should see the compilation of a bid by the company for an 80MW power station following the ministerial determination for 800MW of co-generation power issued in December 2012. Planning for the project, including the environmental impact assessments and plant construction contracting processes, is well advanced.

Tongaat Hulett says that the development of renewable electricity continues to gain impetus from the looming power crises which South Africa faces over the next decade if it wishes to grow the economy significantly and generate the potential for job creation on the scale the country's government is targeting.

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