Aboisso: 450,000 tonnes of oil palm residues converted into electricity each year

The BIOVEA biomass plant, commissioned on November 5, 2026, in Ayébo in the Aboisso department, will use nearly 450,000 tonnes of oil palm residues each year. With an installed capacity of 46 MW, it is expected to feed 336 GWh of electricity into the grid annually, equivalent to the needs of about 1.7 million people. Supplied in part by PALMCI and local producers, the plant is expected to benefit more than 12,000 growers and create over 1,000 permanent direct and indirect jobs. The project required an investment of more than 150 billion CFA francs.