As part of its active involvement in supporting Ivory Coast's commitment to the energy transition, EDF is developing an innovative biomass power plant project in partnership with local energy players.
  • 336
    GWh/year

    production

  • 46
    MW

    capacity

  • 180 000
    tonnes

    of CO2 avoided each year

Logo - EDF, merdiam et / and Sipca

The largest biomass power plant in West Africa

Ivory Coast is aiming for an energy mix in which 42% will come from renewable energy by 2030. To help it achieve this goal, EDF signed a concession contract with the Ivorian government in December 2019 via BIOVEA Energie (owned with its partners Meridiam and Biokala, a subsidiary of the SIFCA group). This contract involves the design, financing, construction and operation of a 46 MW biomass power plant over 25 years.

Located in the town of Aboisso, 100 km east of Abidjan, the plant will be the largest in West Africa to be powered by agricultural waste. Its operation will create 1,000 full-time local jobs. It will be powered by locally grown palm leaves, 70% of which will be collected from 12,000 community growers. This will increase the annual income of local farmers by up to 20% and they will be able to use the combustion ash as a natural fertiliser.

"The plant, scheduled to come on stream in 2025, will generate 336 GWh per year, meeting the electricity needs of 1.7 million people per year. It will also enable the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 4.5 million tonnes of CO2 over 25 years.

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