Zambia looks to Brazil for sugarcane and ethanol energy opportunities

December 15, 2019 |

In Zambia, Lusaka Times reports that Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Alfreda Kansembe has held bilateral talks with Brazil’s sugar, ethanol and energy companies in an effort to find partners to help establish the biofuel industry in Zambia.

Dr. Kansembe toured energy plants in and around the city of Pirajuba and talked with companies like Usina Santo Angelo about business prospects for sugar cane. Dr. Kansembe said that Zambia is trying to reduce its dependence on hydro power because of its high cost, and thus is looking at ethanol and sugarcane as lower cost options for the country.

Usina plans on visiting Zambia in 2020 to look into investing in Zambia’s clean energy businesses. Usina Santo Angelo company produces 3, 300 000 tons of sugarcane, 80 000 M3 of ethanol and 200 000 mega watts of electricity from the harvested sugarcane, according to Lusaka Times.

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