CSIR, and Godavari Sugar in Sugar Cane Biorefinery

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, or CSIR, has teamed up with Karnataka-based The Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd, or GSML, to set up the country’s first biorefinery to convert crushed sugar cane into industrial raw materials such as cellulose and lignin, according to a report on Live Mint.

Cellulose and lignin are extensively used in the pharmaceutical, textile and food preservatives industries.

The biorefinery at GSML, part of the Somaiya Group, will be equipped to produce ethanol from bagasse, the fibre left over after the juice has been squeezed out of sugar cane, though the technology is still at a preliminary stage.

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