BIOVEA to increase incomes for 12,000 Ivorian farmers
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ivoire Actu
Illustrative image · Elvis KAMBIRE · Pexels · Licence PexelsIvorian biomass plant BIOVEA, commissioned in Ayébo with a capacity of 46 MW, is expected to help more than 12,000 farmers increase their incomes by making use of their agricultural residues. More than 1,000 permanent direct and indirect jobs are also expected from the facility, according to State Minister Nialé Kaba.
The BIOVEA biomass plant in Ayébo is expected to enable more than 12,000 Ivorian farmers to increase their incomes by making use of their agricultural residues. State Minister Nialé Kaba, representing Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé at the plant's commissioning, also announced more than 1,000 permanent direct and indirect jobs.
Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly said BIOVEA will make use of nearly 450,000 tonnes of residues from oil palms, supplied notably by PALMCI and local producers. The ash produced by combustion will be reused as fertiliser, while the plant's operation is expected to prevent nearly 4.5 million tonnes of CO₂ over its lifetime.
BIOVEA, a 46 MW Ivorian plant, was commissioned on 5 November in Ayébo, south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is expected to inject nearly 336 GWh into the national grid each year, equivalent to the needs of nearly 1.7 million people. The government also plans two other plants, one using cocoa residues in Divo and the other using cotton stalks in Boundiali. The 46 MW biomass plant inaugurated in Ayébo had been presented as the first Ivorian plant operating on biomass.
