Australia - Tableland Mill's AU$86 million cogen plant operating at 50 capacity

摘要

MSF Sugar's Tableland Mill which invested AU$86 million (US$53 million) in a bagasse-based cogen plant is operating at 50% capacity, according to local press reports. At a public meeting held in Mareeba recently, Tableland Canegrowers president Claude Santucci blamed "government intervention" and energy company policies for the under utilisation. "That plant is nowhere near reaching its full potential and probably won't for quite a while to come, mainly because of government intervention and policies in place for the energy companies namely Ergon," he said. The fully operational plant has the capacity produce enough power to light over 29,000 homes - the entire population of the Tablelands.