Balangir sugar mill to sell clean power to Gridco February 14, 2011 6:38:51 AM

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Balangir sugar mill to sell clean power to Gridco
February 14, 2011 6:38:51 AM
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PNS | Bhubaneswar

Balangir-based Bijayananda Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd (BCSML) has 
planned to sell clean power generated from molasses to Grid Corporation 
and export quality sugar, by setting up a refinery and make the unit 
viable. BCSML chairman Jangeswar Babu told newsmen here on Friday that 
the sugar mill would become the first ever in the country to export 
surplus power generated from non-conventional sources and the mill has 
planned to sign a MoU with the Grid Corporation of Odisha to sale its 
surplus power.

He also said that the mill has now a non-conventional energy power 
plant with a generation capacity of 3 MW clean power. After 
upgradation, the capacity of the plant would go up to 3.5 MW. The mill, 
which requires 2.5 MW of power for its own consumption, would sale the 
surplus power to the Gridco.

The capacity of the plant would be increased to 14 MW in the next three 
years and the mill is expected to earn Rs 80,000- one lakh per day from 
the sale of the surplus power, he said. In a bid to expand the 
production capacity and provide more mandays to its workers, he said 
BCSML has targeted to raise cane area to 5,000 acres of land in 2011-12 
and has planned to crush 60,000 tons of cane during the crushing season 
2010-11.

In 2009-10, the mill had made sugarcane plantation on 2,182.60 acres of 
land and crushed 11,852 tons of cane, he informed. The mill has already 
set up machineries at an investment of Rs 20 crores for refining the 
raw sugar and would start operation next month. 

SudhirMishra
Journalist
The Pioneer
Balangir(Odisha)
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