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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing sugar and ethanol from sugar cane, in which almost all of energy to be consumed in the production processes of the sugar, the ethanol and the like can be supplied by the energy obtained by burning a pressed residue of sugar cane, yet without decreasing the sugar amount to be produced. The present invention provides a method for producing sugar and a useful material from sugar cane, comprising the steps of: (a) producing from sugar cane a pressed juice and pressed residue of sugar cane; (b) producing sugar and blackstrap molasses from said pressed juice; and (c) generating an energy and a useful material by using said pressed juice, said blackstrap molasses and said pressed residue of sugar cane as source materials that have been obtained from said steps (a) and (b), wherein said sugar cane contains an amount of 15% or greater by mass of fiber component in its cane stem region and provides a dry matter yield amount per unit area of 40 t/ha/year or higher; and 90% or more of energy required for all of the steps of said production method is obtained from energy generated by burning said pressed residue of sugar cane.

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