Table 8. Production quantity and energy yield of residual sugarcane biomass in Vietnam per year.
Region Sugarcane Bagasse Sugarcane Trash Production (t) Energy Potential Production (t) Energy Potential (TJ) (TWh) (TJ) (TWh) Northern Central area and Central
coastal area
1,903,106
19,792
5.50
1,268,737
14,717
4.09
Central Highlands
1,182,730
12,300
3.42
788,487
9146
2.54
Mekong River Delta
1,000,563
10,406
2.89
667,042
7738
2.15
Northern midlands and Mountain
areas
631,599
6569
1.82
421,066
4884
1.36
South East
595,547
6194
1.72
397,032
4606
1.28
Red River Delta
31,727
330
0.09
21,151
245
0.07
Vietnam 5,383,650 55,989.96 15.55 3,589,100 41,633.56 11.56 Results show that the total energy potential of sugarcane biomass in Vietnam is more
than 27 TWh. This amount of energy could cover the energy consumption of about 6 million
households, with the share of bagasse only 1.3 times greater than that of sugarcane trash.
The Northern Central area and Central coastal area region has the highest energy
potential (nearly 9.6 TWh in total) due to the extensive cultivation of sugarcane, followed
by the Central Highlands and the Mekong River Delta regions. The Mekong River Delta
region has almost twice as low energy potential as the topmost region. The total calculated
energy potential of residual sugarcane biomass in the Northern Central area and Central
coastal area region makes up one-third of the entire country, and it is equivalent to the
yearly energy consumption of over 1.2 million households in case of bagasse and below 1
million households for sugarcane trash.
Subsequently, Northern midlands and Mountain areas and the South East regions
together represent only about 20% of the country’s energy potential. The minor production
of sugarcane and thus the smallest energy yield of residual biomass lie in the Red River
Delta region (only 0.16 TWh totally). Here, however, the energy stored in sugarcane
residues could still satisfy the energy needs of more than 35 thousand households.
Table
9
presents the energy potential of sugarcane bagasse as well as sugarcane trash
in the top five producing provinces. Gai Lai and Dak Lak are situated in the Central
Highlands region, and the rest of the provinces are located in the Northern Central area
and central Coastal area region.