Ivory Coast is set to produce biomass power from wastes from cocoa pods.
The West African nation is leading cocoa producer in the world. It hopes building a 60 to 70 megawatt (MW) capacity biomass power generation plant will argument its energy capacity.
The country intends realizing this dream by 2030. It is part of its aim of developing 424 MW of biomass power generation capacity.
U.S government support
The U.S. embassy in Abidjan said the plant is among five projects the U.S. agency for trade and development (USTDA) intends providing grants for.
In a statement the embassy said the plant should help Ivory Coast to diversify its electricity generation sources.
Waste into resources
The intended project should enable the country shore up its energy reserves which it already exports to neighbours like Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo and Mali.
Source: Africafeeds.com
