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Côte d’Ivoire makes
deal with China for new
biomass energy plant
ASIA THE Ivorian government has awarded the China Development Agency.
Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) a con- According to the government, the majority of
tract to build a biomass energy plant to help the the fuel for the plant will come from palm waste,
country achieve their renewable energy targets. with a third coming from the palm oil planta-
The deal, agreed by state-owned company tions of PalmCI and the remaining two-thirds
Biovea Energie and the CEEC, will see a €232mn from 12,000 growers.
($235.7mn) power plant built in Aboisso, about Construction of the plant is expected to start
60 miles from the country’s commercial capi- at the end of 2022, with commissioning expected
tal Abidjan. The plant will produce 46MW of for 2024.
energy, and will enable the country to achieve CEEC is a Chinese state-owned energy con-
its goal of making renewables 42% of the overall glomerate based in Beijing, under the direct
energy mix. control of the State-owned Assets Supervision
The biomass plant will be first of its kind in and Administration Commission of the State
West Africa and will be mostly financed by a Council. Among its subsidiaries is the Gezhouba
loan from Proparco, a subsidiary of the French Group, a huge civil engineering company.
Turkish-Chinese Siro JV starts test
production of batteries for Togg EV
ASIA TURKISH-CHINESE Siro, a 50:50 battery joint electrive, noting that “only in a further step is cell
venture founded last year by Turkish electric production planned at Siro”.
vehicle (EV) manufacturer Togg and Chinese Togg’s electric SUV will launch with two bat-
battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy, has tery alternatives. One will be for the 300-kilo-
started test production of batteries in Gemlik, metre standard range. The other will be a larger
Turkey, electrive.com has reported. battery for 500 kilometres.
The first test units of Togg’s electric sports In May, a camouflaged prototype of the
utility vehicle (SUV) have been coming off the Togg—the electric SUV billed as Turkey’s first
production line in Gemlik for a few days, the indigenous car but actually reliant on many
trade journal said. Series production of batteries imported components—was caught during a
and EVs is to start at the beginning of 2023 if all test on public roads by “spy photographers” of
goes to plan. Carscoops.
Initially the plant will only engage in assem-
bling supplied battery modules and packs, which
will be installed in Togg vehicles in Gemlik, said
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