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Close up of the sugar cane
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: Once the sugar cane reaches maturity it's ready to harvest Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Birds amongst sugarcanes
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: Local wildlife inhabit the sugar cane fields Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
A young sugar cane field full of life
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: In a field in San Carlos young sugar plants are beginning to grow Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Collecting the sugar cane
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: The sugar cane is harvested and taken to the processing plant Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Grinding and watering
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: The sugar cane is ground down to seperate the sugar from the fibres; the residue left over is bagasse Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Manuel Aguilar- Electrical Engineer
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: "The project also demanded certain improvements in boilers and we installed gas purifiers that prevent ash production which always caused problems in the communities around the factory. Now, you only see water vapor coming out of our chimneys. " Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Pedro Torres- sugar cane producer
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: "I think there are 2 important benefits … the first would be that I have economic wellbeing because I work with the estate, it has helped me to survive. The second is that we provide jobs for lots of people who work in this plot and that helps them to have a better life." Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Augusto Ayala
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: "It is really, really hard to be a pioneer because it was the first project of its kind in the country and for many people in the public sector it was difficult to understand the idea." Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Carlos Vera - Engineer
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: "Before the co-generation project generated some electricity and we had to buy some of our electricity which represented an important expense and by the end of the harvest we ended up with mountains of bagasse which we had to move." Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador
Amalio Puga- Quality Department Manager
Project: San Carlos Bagasse Cogeneration Description: "This co-generation was the first Ecuadorian project to convert biomass into electricity...All of the phases of this project have been exciting and gratifying because we have overcome all of the obstacles and done all of the paperwork required." Category: Renewable energy Country:
Ecuador