Pelwatte Sugar proposes 140,000 acre sugar cane project in Sri Lanka to supply country’s entire fuel needs

In Sri Lanka, Pelwatte Sugar Industries has proposed a $150 million, 140,000-acre sugarcane project that will supply the country’s entire fuel needs, sugar requirements and 150 MW of electricity.

A study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Sri Lanka warned that biofuel production in India and China would severely impact the two countries’ water supplies. Charlotte de Fraiture, an IWMI scientist and lead author of the biofuels study said that India and China “account for almost 70 percent of projected worldwide growth in oil demand between now and 2030.

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