Transmara Sugar plans Sh4.7 billion electricity plant

Workers at the Transmara Sugar Company factory. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Transmara Sugar Company plans to produce 25 megawatt (MW) of electricity at its Kilgoris factory for which it is negotiating approval to generate and supply with regulators.

The miller, a subsidiary of Mauritian sugar producer Alteo, plans to invest Sh4.7 billion ($45 million) in the bagasse — the crushed cane stalks left after the sugar is extracted — plant.

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