Ponni Sugars to commission 19-MW co-generation plant by month end

12 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Ponni Sugars (Erode) is likely to commission its 19-MW co-generation plant by the month end, as this will be a important development for company in terms of revenue generation and potential growth to the top line. The company aims to complete the project on schedule and well within estimated project cost of Rs 102 crore, as costs have been contained despite increase in the base rate.

The company expects that the co-generation plant will operate at 15 MW in early days which will help to generate a surplus of about 11 MW that will be supplied to the State grid. At full capacity, the surplus supplied to the grid will increase to about 14 MW. This will mean an additional revenue of about Rs 45 crore a year for the company at the current tariff level of Rs 4.47 a unit.

Further, the company has inked pact with bank for loan of Rs 65 crore and a loan under the Sugar Development Fund for about Rs 25 crore. The balance is through internal accruals. During 2010-11, the company crushed about 6.3 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar.

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