西非在建最大生物质电站2号机组正式投运Unit 2 of West Africa's Largest Biomass Power Plant Under Construction Officially Goes Into Operation

According to Green Fuel International Business Network, Unit 2 of the 46 MW biomass power plant in Cote d'Ivoire — the largest biomass power station under construction in West Africa, built by China Energy Engineering Group — was recently officially put into operation, marking another landmark achievement in the "going global" of China's biomass power generation technology and equipment.

The plant was built under an EPC general contracting model by a consortium formed by China Energy Engineering Group's Construction Group and International Group, with a total installed capacity of 46 MW. After completing endurance and performance tests, the unit was officially put into operation, becoming the largest biomass power station under construction in West Africa and the world's first large-scale biomass power station using palm fronds as its main fuel.

The plant makes full use of locally abundant cocoa shells, palm shells and other agricultural and forestry waste as fuel, consuming about 500,000 tonnes of biomass fuel per year and generating about 300 million kWh annually, enough to meet the electricity demand of hundreds of thousands of local residents. For Cote d'Ivoire, an agriculture-based country, these by-products — most of which were previously burned or dumped on site — now serve as clean energy for stable power generation, easing pressure on the environment while enhancing the value of resource utilization.

The project adopts China's self-developed biomass direct combustion power generation technology, integrating Chinese solutions from boiler combustion and generator units to environmental emission control. Compared with conventional fossil fuel power generation, biomass direct combustion can achieve near-zero net carbon emissions during operation, while providing stable, dispatchable baseload power for the local area and helping improve regional power supply quality.

As a landmark project in the "going global" of China's biomass power generation technology and equipment, the plant offers a replicable solution for African countries seeking to turn agricultural and forestry waste into resources and improve clean electricity supply. Industry observers believe that as demand for clean energy continues to grow across African countries, cooperation on renewable energy, represented by biomass, is expected to become a new growth point in China-Africa energy cooperation.