A 46 MW biomass plant inaugurated at Ayébo, in southern Ivory Coast
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on AIP
The 46 MW Biovéa Énergie biomass plant was inaugurated at Ayébo, near Aboisso, in Ivory Coast's Sud-Comoé region. Fuelled by oil palm residues and rubber tree trunks, it should produce 348 GWh a year, covering the consumption of about 1.7 million people, according to AIP.
The Biovéa Énergie biomass power plant, with an installed capacity of 46 megawatts, was inaugurated on Thursday 5 November 2026 at Ayébo, in the sub-prefecture of Aboisso (Sud-Comoé region), to diversify electricity production sources in Ivory Coast, AIP reports. The facility produces electricity from agricultural residues, notably oil palm waste and rubber tree trunks, recovered to feed the national grid.
According to the project's managers, the plant should mobilise more than 540,000 tonnes of biomass a year and generate annual output estimated at 348 gigawatt-hours, equivalent to the electricity consumption of about 1.7 million people. Its managing director, Xavier Charentenay, said that nearly 12,000 planters should benefit from the collection and sale of the agricultural residues used to run it.
Representing the Prime Minister, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nialé Kaba, highlighted the announced creation of 1,000 direct jobs and said the national electrification rate had risen from 33% to more than 99% in 2026. The Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly, announced two other biomass plant projects, one at Divo using cocoa residues, the other at Boundiali using cotton stalks. The president of the Sud-Comoé regional council, Aka Aouélé, welcomed an investment conducive to developing agricultural resources and to the region's industrial development.
