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GEDAP - Biomass Assessment Project Fact Sheet

Coordinator:  Mr. John Ayer

Client:  Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP),

              Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MOEP)

              P. O. Box SD-310, Stadium, Accra, Ghana.

Client Contact Person: Ing. A.T. Barfour

Email:

Telephone: +233-(0)302-667154

Project Partners

  1. Trama Techno Ambiental, Avda, Meridiana 153-08026, Barcelona, Spain Tel: (+34) 93446 3234, Email: polarranz@tta.com.es 
  2. Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Solsona, Spain

Name of the Project/Activity: Agro-Processing and sawmill wastes, a Biomass- Based Assessment for Grid Connected Electricity Generation 

Value of contract: GH₵ 136,887.50 (overall)

Years of project duration; 8 months (30 June 2013 to 28 February 2014)

Short project description:

  • Review of previous studies on ago-processing and sawmill waste nationwide, and existing data in the use of agro-processing and sawmill waste and also to review literature on the use of agro-processing and sawmill waste for onsite electricity power generation.
  • Identify potential agriculture and sawmill wastes generation sites and capture GPS data of each of these sites, and to collect data on type and volume of agricultural produce and wood resources been processed.
  • Obtain data on the cost of energy consumed and to establish energy consumption patterns at these sites and to determine suitable energy conversion technologies for the waste types.
  • To undertake cost-benefit analysis of investing into cogeneration facilities utilizing feedstock from available waste at these sites.