Sugarcane growers hoping to produce aviation fuel in future
By Banele Ginindza
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JOHANNESBURG - SUGARCANE growers could get a new lease on life after a study found it was feasible to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using ethanol derived from sugar cane.
This could yield about 433 million litres a year, taking more than half the near-stagnant sugar-cane output.
The study, jointly undertaken by the South African Canegrowers Association (SA Canegrowers) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, found that if 50 percent of the country’s 19 million plus tons of annual sugar-cane production was diverted to the production of ethanol, it could lead to an output of about 700 million litres of low-carbon ethanol, which could make 433 million litres of SAF using “alcohol-to-jet” fuel refineries.
Sugar High: SA canegrowers could produce 433 million litres of aviation fuel a year
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The South African Canegrowers Association (SA Canegrowers) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) are excited to announce the findings of a joint study on the viability of using South African sugarcane to manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Earlier this month the study was presented to the Value Chain Diversification Task Team established under the Sugar Industry Value Chain Masterplan, which is mandated to develop a medium to long term strategy for the diversification of the sugarcane value chain. SA Canegrowers has a seat on this Task Tea
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