With the capacity expansion of its Mundiampakkam sugar mill on the anvil, Coimbatore-based Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals Limited (RSCL) has registered the company’s co-generation power project at Mundiampakkam unit under the CDM Project Activity with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
This will enable the company to get 80,157 Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in a year. RSCL has two modern integrated sugar complexes in the state located at Varadaraj Nagar, Theni District and Mundiyampakkam, Villupuram District.
The Mundiampakkam unit, which was acquired by the company from South India Sugars Ltd in 2002, will see a capacity expansion of 5,000 TCD from the present 3,500 TCD. On June 1, 2005, RSCL commissioned a 22 mega watt bagasse based co-generation plant at its Mundiampakkam unit.
The co-generation plants have a combined installed capacity of 34 mw, the Theni plant having a capacity of 12 mw and the Mundiyampakkam plant having 22 mw capacity. These units generate green power using bagasse as fuel. After meeting the captive requirements, surplus power of about 18 mw is exported to the state grid.
The distillery unit has a capacity of 45 kilo litres per day and produces nearly 12 million litres of alcohol a year. The plant is involved in the production of rectified spirit, extra neutral alcohol (ENA) and fuel grade anhydrous alcohol (AA).
RSCL registers its cogen plant with UNFCCC
Our Regional Bureau / Chennai Jan 18, 2006, 23:05 IST
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