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# Ivory Coast : Côte d'Ivoire, which produces 16.7 million tonnes of residues mainly from cocoa, cotton, palm oil and rubber, plans to generate 1,645 megawatts (MW) of biomass energy.
The export and processing of agricultural products in Côte d'Ivoire generates a large amount of residues which constitute biomass, organic matter of plant origin (microalgae included), animal, bacterial or fungal (fungi), usable as source of energy, according to provisional data made public on Friday.
Côte d'Ivoire Energies, a public entity in charge of the promotion of energy-efficient technologies, estimates the potential of cocoa residues at 13 million tons per year , 0.2 million for cotton, 2.5 million for palm oil and 1 million for rubber, or 16.7 million tons with a total electric power rated at "1,645 MW and an average yield of 25% "
A roadmap has been established and should enable Côte d'Ivoire to achieve 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 biomass-fueled energy production in the energy mix.
The state recently launched bids for cotton and cocoa biomass, two commodities whose 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 signed in December 2017 to the Biovea biomass plant estimated at 46 MW, the first of its kind in the country, developed by Biokala in Aboisso, in the south-east of 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.
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