id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9732 Sugarcane - Wikipedia .html text/html 7800 975 65 Sucrose (table sugar), extracted from sugarcane in specialized mill factories, is either used as raw material in the food industry or fermented to produce ethanol. The second term "cane" began to be used alongside it as the crop was grown on plantations in the Caribbean, this term is ultimately of Hebrew-origin from קנה (KaNeH) meaning "reed" or "stalk".[8] This term was introduced by Sephardic Jews in the 17th century in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe and Martinique), who spoke Judeo-Spanish and owned sugar plantations worked by their African slaves which produced sugarcane crop, until they were expelled by king Louis XIV in 1685 as part of the Code Noir.[9] With a total world harvest of over one billion tonnes of sugar cane per year, the global energy potential from bagasse is over 100,000 GWh.[57] Using Mauritius as a reference, an annual potential of 10,000 GWh of additional electricity could be produced throughout Africa.[58] Electrical generation from bagasse could become quite important, particularly to the rural populations of sugarcane producing nations. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9732.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9732.txt