'As they say, Saudi Arabia is sitting on oil wells, our country in general and UP in particular is sitting on the bio mass based energy crop.' Sugarcane is a wonderful crop. The sugarcane gives sugar. About 1.1 Metric ton sugar gives 1732 Mega Joules of energy,Sugar cane juice of 300 Kg per ton gives 2946 mega joules of energy, the Molasses, one of the co products gives 296 MJ of energy, bio-gas which comes out as effluent of distillery gives 0.102 MJ of energy. The total energy output from sugar cane is about 5295292 Mega Joules of energy which is equivalent to the energy balance of 149 liters of gasoline,1441itres of diesel and 330 kilos of coke. The energy from sugarcane is recycled back. Thus energy harvested from sun is bio energy.
Sugar Cane: Some Facts India is the second largest producer of sugar cane in the world and the largest consume of sugar in the world. India produces 25-29 million tons every year-a robust market. In the year 2020, we require producing 34 million tons sugar per year and that would mean to grow more sugar. This means we will produce more energy. The Indian sugar industry has 10 million farmers associated with it About 2-3 million people are employed directly or indirectly