▁sources ▁include ▁the ▁sugar ▁gran ul ators , ▁sugar ▁con ve ying ▁and ▁pack aging ▁equipment , ▁bulk ▁load out ▁operations , ▁bo ilers , ▁gran ular ▁carbon ▁and ▁char ▁reg ener ation ▁kil ns , ▁reg ener ated ▁ad s orb ent ▁transport ▁systems , ▁kil ns ▁and ▁handling ▁equipment ▁( at ▁some ▁facilities ), ▁carbon ation ▁t anks , ▁multi - effect ▁ev apor ator ▁stations , ▁and ▁vac u um ▁bo iling ▁p ans . ▁Modern ▁poll ution ▁prevent ion ▁techn ologies ▁are ▁capable ▁of ▁address ing ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁potential ▁poll ut ants . ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Global ▁production ▁of ▁sugar c ane ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁was ▁ 1 . 9 1 ▁billion ▁t onnes , ▁with ▁Brazil ▁producing ▁ 3 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁total , ▁India ▁with ▁ 2 0 %, ▁and ▁China ▁and ▁Th ailand ▁producing ▁about ▁ 6 % ▁each ▁( table ). ▁ ▁World wide , ▁ 2 6 ▁million ▁hect ares ▁were ▁devoted ▁to ▁sugar c ane ▁cultiv ation ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁The ▁average ▁world wide ▁yield ▁of ▁sugar c ane ▁cro ps ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁was ▁ 7 3 ▁t onnes ▁per ▁hect are , ▁led ▁by ▁Peru ▁with ▁ 1 2 1 ▁t onnes ▁per ▁hect are . ▁The ▁theoretical ▁possible ▁yield ▁for ▁sugar c ane ▁is ▁about ▁ 2 8 0 ▁t onnes ▁per ▁hect are ▁per ▁year , ▁and ▁small ▁experimental ▁plots ▁in ▁Brazil ▁have ▁demonstrated ▁yields ▁of