Côte d'Ivoire Inaugurates West Africa's Largest Biomass Power Plant
Côte d'Ivoire has inaugurated the Biovéa biomass plant, described as the largest of its kind in West Africa, marking a landmark clean energy infrastructure milestone for the region.
Biovéa: biomass is only clean if the fuel chain holds
Côte d'Ivoire's new Biovéa plant near Aboisso bills itself as West Africa's largest biomass facility — and that headline is worth celebrating.
But biomass is only as green as what you're burning and how reliably you can source it. Unlike solar or wind, it needs a continuous supply of organic material: agricultural waste, wood, whatever the local chain can deliver. That supply chain is the whole question the inauguration ceremony doesn't answer.
Get it right, and this is real baseload renewable power for a region that desperately needs it. Get it wrong, and you've built an expensive plant that runs on whatever's cheapest — which isn't always clean.
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