Title: Project of   power  production from  the biogas supplied by   Animals’ excrements

Country : Côte d’Ivoire

Geographical Situation: The project will be implemented in some Ranches and Cattle rearing stock situated in central, northern and western Ivory Coast. These Ranches and Parcks were created by the State of Ivory Coast to promote the development of ruminant animals. These areas are:
1 – Ovine national center of Béoumi (Bandama valley) with a surface of 500 ha
2 – Ranch of the Marahoué covers 10.000 ha
3 – Ranch of Sipilou (mountains’ regions) covers 9.800 ha
4 – PANYA Stock breeding in savanna regions covers10.000 ha
5 -  Badekaya Seed production centre  (savannah region) that covers 500 ha.
6 - Nioroningué Stock breeding covers a surface of 2.200 ha (savanna regions).

Context
The 6 ranches of stock breeding cover the central northern and western regions with a surface of 30.800 ha.
The number of bovines and ovines already obtained is about 20.000 beasts. An optimal exploitation of the surfaces should increase this number to more than 47.000 animals.
Without this project, this rehabilitation won’t be possible; the staff’s salary, suspended since the starting the war will not be paid and the main existing infrastructures before the crisis will not be renovated.
This project aims at rehabilitating these facilities by providing livestock: bovine and ovine.

Sectors targeted:    CDM small scale projects: Methodology: type III.D :  Methane recovery from the process of animals excrements

Status and phase of present project
Conception phase:  being implemented
Technical studies / preliminary financing: achieved
Feasibility Studies: in progress
Project start date:   March 2009
Project life span:    30 years
Reckoning period: 10 years

Environmental problems:   Excrements from cattle breeding and animals’ abandoned   parcks produce greenhouse gases (CH3, NO2,…) in the atmosphere. Both, these gases in conjunction with the global warming can cause natural disasters and immense economic losses.
When these wastes are buried, they pollute waters
Project’s target :
The project aims at recuperating some biogaz to produce Electricity and Heat. This electricity will supply facilities (accomodation, training centre, etc.). The produced heat will allow heating the digestor.
The surplus of electricity will be sold to the national Network.

Financial aspects
Project Development cost (studies, …) : ( Studies, …) The total rehabilitation  cost of the six Stations is already estimated
Expense related to   facilities’ settlement: The cost of the project is comprised
Expense related to land acquisition: Digestion infrastructures are under study
Other amounts        to determine
Total  project cost : to determine
Negotiations are envisaged with Representatives of Animals’ production sector in view of acquiring animal parcks.

Technology to use

The operation consists of installing an adapted digestor of hemispheric type with a capacity of 300 m3 with all peripheral facilities (pipeline, water facilities, manometer, gas meter, facilities for gas purification, etc.), of constructing some road networks, and of establishing some operating methods until the sale of the electric  and thermal energy.

Methodology: AMS-III.D Methane recovery in agricultural and agro industrial activities.
AMS-I.D version 13. Power network connected to a source of renewable energy.

Estimated results: For identified sites

Yearly average of avoided or reduced emission: 32.0000tons equivalent of CO2
The project  :

This project aims at constructing a Power Station funtioning with Biogas and will allow to:

The Sustained development Strategy and the country’s priorities linked to it are: