However, in June 2022, the producer resumed power generation from bagasse, only to stop again in November 2022, at the end of the harvesting season. One independent power producer that was providing the country with 17 percent of its energy needs ceased all operations in April 2022, stating that its operation costs linked to imported coal were no longer viable. The remaining 39 percent of the country’s power requirement is purchased from independent power producers, mainly private generators from the sugarcane industry using bagasse during the sugarcane harvesting season from June to November and imported coal outside of the harvesting season from December to May. The bulk of the country’s energy derives from heavy fuel oil and coal. The CEB currently produces about 37 percent of the country’s total power requirement from four thermal power stations and 10 hydroelectric plants. The Central Electricity Board (CEB), which falls under the aegis of the Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities, is the sole agency for transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in Mauritius. Mauritius derives its other renewable electricity generation from hydro, wind, landfill gas, and solar. Bagasse (sugarcane waste) is currently the leading source of renewable energy (13.3 percent). It aims to do this through wind farms, solar energy, biomass, wave, and waste-to-energy projects. The government also reviewed the Renewable Energy Roadmap 2030, initially published in 2019, to reflect Mauritius’s strategy to achieve the goals announced in the latest budget speech. In its 2021-2022 budget speech, the government announced plans to increase the use of renewable sources of energy for electricity generation to 60 percent, phase out the use of coal, and increase energy efficiency by 10 percent, all by 2030. Official statistics for 2020 indicated that the percentage of renewables used for electricity generation was 23.9 percent, compared to 21.7 percent in 2019. The government’s energy policy encourages the use of renewable and clean energy to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Economic Development Organizations (EDO).Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Events.

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