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Cuba boosts use of sugarcane biomass to generate electricity
Published on December 22, 2011      Print Version

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Members of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) discussed on Wednesday the potential of sugar mills in the Caribbean nation to generate electricity using industrial biomass, a natural material obtained during the cane sugar production process.

During a meeting of the Commission of Energy and the Environment of the Cuban Parliament on Wednesday, Angel Miguel Torres, director of Services to Industrial Plants of the AZCUBA Business Group, said that, thanks to the use of biomass as a source of electricity, the sugar industry contributed more than 80 gigawatts to the national grid in 2010, and the plan for this year is to reach 95 gigawatts.

Members of the Commission urged specialists to carry out comprehensive studies on this renewable, environment-friendly energy source in order to boost the use of biomass to generate electricity and increase the existing potential.

Biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel.
 
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