Cogeneration
ISIS Sugar Mill
Location: Childers, QLD
Capacity: 25MW
Commissioned: June 2006
Environmental Benefits: Saves more than 97,700 tonnes of CO2 per annum
The ISIS Central Sugar Mill facility is SEI’s first renewable cogeneration project that produces energy from sugar cane by-product (bagasse).
Operation
Steam from combusted bagasse is used to drive a turbine to produce clean, renewable electricity, used either in the sugar mill or exported to the grid. Being a seasonal resource, the ISIS sugar mill’s 25MW cogeneration facility operates around the clock for approximately six months of the year.
Energy
The plant produces approximately 98,500MWh of electricity per annum, which is expected to provide the annual electricity requirements of around 13,900 average households.
Environmental Benefits
Bagasse displaces electricity normally sourced from fossil fuels. This project saves more than 97,700 tonnes of CO2 per annum. This is equivalent to removing more than 12,000 cars from the road per year, or planting around 364,552 trees.
