Sweet Energy Prospects for SA?

This Engineering News article is very informative, covering the debate surrounding the usage of our sugar cane fields for the purpose of generating ethanol and the generation of electricity to potentially be fed back into SA's electricity grid(s). The article also explains what ethanol is, how it is produced, and also summarises the current status of SA's sugar industry with regard to this topic.

While we are on the subject of the biofuels debate, we have mentioned in one of our earlier posts that the University of Stellenbosch hosted a Biofuels Seminar on 03 August 2009. To view the two presentations given at this talk, click here (you will find the links for Prof Temu's and Prof Lynd's presentations on the right hand side of the page). Also, if you are interested, find out more about the planned World Sugar Summit to be held in Cape Town on 7 and 8 September 2009, by clicking here.