During the Japanese Occupation, the Taiwan Sugar Corporation used high-pressure steam produced by burning sugar cane husks to generate electricity and then used the resulting medium- to low- pressure steam for making sugar.
早在日據時期，台糖就利用甘蔗渣做鍋爐的燃料，生產的高壓蒸汽先發電，剩餘的中低壓蒸汽才供製糖所需。能源危機時，台灣不能倖免地被波及。