French renewable energy company Albioma plans to invest EUR400 mln in electricity generation from cane bagasse in Brazil and is negotiating partnerships with several sugar producers to develop the country's biomass potential. One tonne of sugar cane yields 115 kg of sugar and about 300 kg of bagasse, but of the some 500 mln tonnes of bagasse produced globally per year, only about 10% is used as fuel, mostly by plants linked to sugar mills that burn bagasse to produce steam and small amounts of electricity, said the company.
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