Shree Renuka Sugars Limited has commenced operations at its port based refinery at Haldia (West Bengal) today, i.e. 14th October in accordance with granted regulatory approvals.

 

Shree Renuka Sugars is a global agribusiness and bioenergy corporation and is one of the largest sugar producers in the world, the leading manufacturer of sugar in India, and one of the largest sugar refiners in the world. The company operates seven integrated sugar mills and two port based refineries in India. The company operates seven sugar mills in India with a total crushing capacity of 7.1 MTPA or 35,000 TCD and two port based sugar refineries with capacity of 1.7 MTPA.

 

The company manufactures fuel grade ethanol that can be blended with petrol. Distillery capacity is 930 KLPD (630 KLPD from molasses to ethanol and 300 KLPD from rectified spirit to ethanol). KBK Chem-Engineering (100% subsidiary) facilitates turnkey distillery, ethanol and bio-fuel plant solutions.

 

The company produces power from bagasse (a sugar cane by product) for captive consumption and sale to the state grid in India. Total cogeneration capacity is 242 MW with exportable surplus of 135 MW.