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Private Power and Biomass Options in the Sugar Industry
Sub-Saharan Africa
October 22, 2020K&M was engaged by USAID to assess the prospects for private biomass power sales to the Swaziland Electricity Board, and to perform energy audits as well as an inventory of required equipment for factory upgrades. K&M’s scope of work included: identifying changes needed for increased energy efficiency and power production in the Swaziland sugar industry; comparing sugar industry cogeneration to other electricity generation options; evaluate costs and benefits of increased private power cogeneration; make recommendations on institutional support and development assistance; and perform energy audits.