Makeni sugar-cane-based power generation project, Sierra Leone
Name and Location
Makeni sugar-cane-based power generation project, Sierra Leone.
Client
Addax Bioenergy.
Project Description
The project comprises a sugar cane estate, an 85 000 m3/y bioethanol refinery and a biomass-fuelled cogeneration plant.
The plant will supply green electricity and heat to the bioethanol plant from sugar cane biomass and generate 120 GWh/y for the national grid, representing about 20% of Sierra Leone’s electric power.
The project will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 56 000 t/y of carbon dioxide.
Value
Not stated.
Duration
The project will become operational in early 2014.
Latest Developments
The Makeni project has become the first project in Sierra Leone to be registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
It is also the first sugar-cane-based power generation project for ethanol production to be registered as a CDM project in Africa.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.
On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
Addax Energy, email info@addaxbioenergy.com.
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