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SRI's commitment to improving clients' competitiveness is backed by extensive research into the economic value and uses of by-products and into pursuing value-adding options.
Our capabilities in diversifying the income stream from the by-products of sugarcane include:
- Ethanol - since the 1970s, SRI has continuously researched ethanol, reflecting Australian sugar factories' efforts to cut rising fuel costs;
- A vast range of projects targeting bagasse and trash (harvest by-product) utilisation as a value-added product. Studies include examination of bagasse and trash utilisation for cattle stock feed, electricity generation, pulp and paper, ethanol, bio-oils and other chemical compounds including polymers and lignin, and biodegradable packaging materials; and
- Examination of the risks associated with by-product use and development, including financial and marketing risks.
We specialise in:
- Earning increased revenue from a currently low value feedstock;
- The long term viability benefits resulting from better decision-making at the early stages of product diversification;
- The benefits and risks associated with value-adding to bagasse and trash;
- The technical barriers associated with bagasse and trash utilisation and how to overcome these hurdles;
- Factory energy requirements, steam economy measures and surplus bagasse availability;
- Whole of crop harvesting and low cost factory separation technology for trash recovery; and
- Environmental benefits.