Stratos Renewables Corporation is a California based company that is quickly developing ways to help countries achieve energy self-sufficiency through the use of sugarcane ethanol created from excess plant material.
Sugarcane ethanol was an alternative used by the United States 30 years ago when our country had an oil crisis. Sugarcane ethanol is a more attractive option than its corn-based counterpart for a variety of reasons. Simply put, sugarcane ethanol created from sugar is less expensive to produce than its corn-based ethanol, burns more cleanly, and ultimately creates more energy per equivalent unit. Sugarcane, which is the primary source of our sugarcane ethanol fuel, contains the highest starch content of any plant stock, enabling sugarcane ethanol yields nearly three times that of U.S. corn.
Besides financial benefits, sugarcane ethanol is also easier to produce than its counterpart. Sugarcane can be grown and harvested year-round at Stratos Renewables’ site along the northern coast of Peru, making it exempt from the seasonality constraints of other producing nations such as Brazil, and thus allowing production to continue regardless of time of year. By having the ability to produce this valuable resource year round, Stratos Renewables will continually be one step ahead of their competition.
While the production of sugarcane ethanol makes sense from a business standpoint, this concept is also helpful to the environment. Due to the fact that sugar can be fermented directly into sugarcane ethanol, its “energy balance” is estimated at just over 8:1, considerably higher than other sugarcane ethanol sources. With 80 percent less net greenhouse gases than gasoline and a lower untaxed retail price in some countries, sugarcane ethanol from Stratos Renewables will emerge as a cleaner, more affordable and ultimately more responsible alternative to traditional fossil fuels.
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