Biomass energy can provide a total estimated electrical power of 1,645 MW (CI Energies)

The public company Côte d'Ivoire Energies (CI Energies) lists a potential in palm oil residues, cocoa, cotton and rubber waste

Export and processing of products in Côte d'Ivoire generates a large quantity of residues which constitute the biomass organic matter of plant origin (including micro-algae), animal, bacterial or fungal (fungi), usable as a source of energy.

Ivory Coast Energies (CI Energies), a public entity which, inter alia, plans the supply and demand of electric energy, estimates the potential of cocoa residues to 13 million tons per year, 0.2 million for cotton 2.5 million for palm oil and 1 million for the ] rubber or 16.7 million tonnes with c a total electric power estimated at "1 645 MW and an average yield of 25%".

A roadmap has been drawn up and should enable Côte d'Ivoire to reach the 42% renewable energy target by 2030 ie 26% for hydroelectric projects and 16% for other energies (solar, bioenergy, wind). The government has also announced plans to include the production of biomass energy in the energy mix.

The state has recently launched tenders for biomass of cotton and cocoa, two materials Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer. the New Energy Corporation (Soden), which is piloting a biomass plant project, is expected to "start in 2023 in Divo (center) with an installed capacity of 60 to 70 MW" .

A tariff agreement was was signed in December 2017 for Biovea's biomass plant, estimated at 46 MW, the first of its kind in the country, developed by Biokala in Aboisso, in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. The plant is expected to use 400 000 tonnes of palm oil waste to produce nearly 288 Gwh of electricity per year.

Rainfall in Côte d'Ivoire has fallen by around 13% since the 1980s and during In recent decades a temperature rise of 0.8 ° C is observed. The country, which wants to invest in low-carbon energies, has authorized the construction of biomass plants in the light of the energy transition: Biokala (46 MW), Boundiali (25 MW, cotton), Gagnoa (20 MW, cocoa), ie 91 MW.

The installed capacity of the electric power generation fleet in Côte d'Ivoire was established at 2,200 MW in 2017. According to the latest projections of the public company Côte d'Ivoire Energies, the installed power should pass to "about 4,000 MW in 2025 and 6,000 MW by 2030" .