3.3. Greenhouse gas emissions from sugar mills
3.3.1. Emissions from electricity utilization
Background information obtained from sugar mills in eastern
Thailand is given in Table 4. Overall, sugar mills in this region are
quite old with an average age in 2007 of 46 years old. Among them,
the capacities were quite similar but the actual amount of sugarcane
processed varied from about 0.3e0.5 million ton y1. All sugar
mills in eastern Thailand have been using bagasse to generate
electricity, and thus significantly reduced the use of fossil fuel.
Electricity generated from bagasse was usually sufficient for 4e5
months during the sugar mill operation. In fact, in eastern Thailand
98.6% of total electricity consumed in sugar milling was generated
from bagasse.