Agroinsa

 farm, sugar refinery, bioenergy plant

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The Agroinsa plant has been operational since 1985 and now has a capacity for electricity generation of up to 12MW. This capacity is expected to increase to 36MW in the near future. The production of electricity is generated using bagasse as fuel during the sugar cane production season which last six months; the power plant is fuelled with fuelwood derived from ad hoc eucalyptus plantations for the other six months. So far, there are approximately 3 000 hectares of eucalyptus plantations, but this amount is increasing continuously and is expected to reach 5 800 hectares in 1999, an amount which permits self-sufficiency insustainable fuelwood production. The electricity generated is mainly used in the sugar plant and for irrigation of sugar cane plantations; the surplus is sold to the public grid.