1. NEPAD FACILITY FOR PROMOTING BIOENERGY IN
WEST AFRICA
ROAD MAP AND ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION AS
FOLLOW UP OF THE DAKAR BIOENERGY INVESTMENT
WORKSHOP
PRESENTED BY
DEMBA DIOP

2. Background
ECOWAS: One of the most
advanced REC with regards
to energy integration:
1. ECOWAS /ECREEE
2. WAPP
3. Gas pipelines
4. UEMOA Energy programs
5. FABER
Source : Sahel and West Africa Club

3. Biomass resources in the ECOWAS Region
• ECOWAS: 512 million ha; pop.
of 280 million in 2007.
• 4 climatic zones: Guinean,
Sudanic, Sahelian and
Saharan.
• Agriculture: 30% share of GDP,
(18% in Senegal to 61% in
Guinea Bissau); subsistence
farming with export-oriented
agriculture
• Growing demand for woodfuel
and increasing agricultural
demand leads to continued
reduction in forest cover.
• untapped biomass resources
includes: (i) Agricultural
residues (ii) Dedicated energy
crops, (III) Woody biomass and
(IV) Aquatic biomass .
Data source: FAO, 2009 and CIA, 2009

4. Access to Modern Energy Services
• Traditional biomass: 52 to 90%
of final energy consumption .
• Low access to modern (fossil)
cooking fuels
• Low access to electricity; Cape
Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and
Nigeria (50%) Burkina Faso,
Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Mali, Niger and Sierra Leone
(12% ).
• Besides Nigeria and Ghana, the
countries are net importers of
petroleum products

5. The Rationale for a NEPAD Bioenergy Facility in WAF
1. Biomass energy accounts for the bulk
of the energy consumption of
households and an important share of
the total final consumption
2. Major development of modern bio
energy technology in last decennia
and sharp increase of bioenergy
production worldwide that call for a
coherent policy.
3. Institutional level: regulation
framework are being developed by
ECREEE and UEMOA to manage the
impact of bioenergy on food
production, poverty and the
environment.

6. Availability and use of biomass resources in WAF
Types of resources Groundnuts Senegal
Woodfuels
• almost all woodfuels used are
direct;
• Wood consumption is well
above the annual increment
(desertification);
• Residues (e.g. sawmills) are left
unused;
Agrofuels
• Ethanol: sugar cane, sweet
sorghum, cassava
• Biodiesel : palm oil , palm
kernel oil, cottonseed oil,
peanut oil, Jatropha oil, coconut
oil and the Neem tree.

7. Availability and use of biomass resources in WAF
(cont)
Types of resources Dumped melasse in north Senegal (Demba Diop, 2004)
Agroresidues
• World largest producer of
cocoa (7 to 9 tons of waste
1 ton of dry cocoa).
Coffee, sheanuts, palm oil,
rice husk, groundnuts,
cotton, millet, sorghum,
coconuts, etc.
Municipal by-products :
• Landfill gas for energy
generation
• Avoid uncontrolled
dumping

8. Potential for bioelectricity from biomass residues
Sources: UEMOA (ITLIS , 2008)
Countries Need Potential Eq. Diesel Eq. Barrel of oil Eq. mio USD
(billions (billions kWh) (Mio liters (Mio) (year 2008)
kWh)
Benin 0,60 6,20 2 336 17 1 168
Burkina Faso 0,50 10,00 3 746 27 1 874
Cote d’Ivoire 2,60 17,20 6 465 46 3 234
Guinée B 0,10 0,50 188 1 94
Mali 0,80 8,00 2 989 21 1495
Niger 0,50 6,30 2370 17 1186
Senegal 1,90 2,90 1094 8 547
Togo 0,60 4,00 1514 11 757
TOTAL 7,90 55,10 20 701 148 10 356
All countries studied by ITLIS show potential of bioelectricty from agricultural residues far above the
current electricity needs; Cote d’Ivoire being virtually able to cover 7 times its needs by valorising its
agricultural residues

9. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: outline of the
Objectives
Objectives
 Promote the development of a modern bioenergy sector in the 15 ECOWAS countries
 Take into account the United Nation Economical Commission for Africa (AU) policy on
sustainable biomass energy and increased access to modern energy services to the
poorest.
 Priorities:
(i) conversion of agricultural and industrial wastes into modern household energy
and electricity
(ii) development of the liquid biofuels subsector with strong emphasis on
sustainability (plantation systems, position of smallholder, food security, land use,
biodiversity).
Partner(s)
 NEPAD
 ECOWAS /ECREEE
 UEMOA Commission
Duration of the action : 48 months

10. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF : Target group
and beneficiairies
Target  Private companies,
group(s)  Smallholder cooperatives,
 Financial institutions
 Intermediary organisations,
 Local communities
 Governments institutions involved in the
modern biomass energy sector.
Final  Private companies / cooperatives are
beneficiaries financially assisted to developed and
implement production and distribution
projects.

11. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: Expected results
and outcomes
1. Guidelines and tools for resources evaluation and management,
supply chain, technologies, markets.
2. Business and investment profile based on sustainable criteria
(environment, social equity, and food security) are defined for
various type of biomass projects: stand alone and grid electricity,
liquid biofuels, biogas, improved charcoal.
3. Selection of 80 to 100 projects benefiting of financial support (up to
25,000 euro per project) for feasibility studies, investment
preparation and production improvement.
4. Direct investment under the form of grant or attractive loan and
equity to 30 projects (per project max €500.000 - min € 100.000
Euro).

12. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF : main activities
1. Research and documentation and various activities for mapping the
resources, identifying the actors, supply chain models and the
definition of sustainable investment profiles and business models.
2. Organisation of Public Private Partnership dialogues for the
formulation of enabling policies and improved business
environment.
3. Technical Assistance (awareness, training, capacity development) to
private companies, cooperatives of smallholders associations, local
experts and consultants on bioenergy technology, business
development
4. Direct technical assistance to 80 - 100 projects
5. Direct investment in 30 projects
6. Evaluation and monitoring of funded projects.

13. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: contribute to the 4
lines of actions defined by ECOWAS White Paper
• Capacity building of private and public actors. local operators, investors,
experts , consultants, ministries, regulatory agencies, rural electrification
agencies, etc.
• Availability of soft loans, grants and private sector funds for projects aimed
at extending energy services to rural or peri-urban areas. Selected projects
will access loans for investment costs and grant technical assistance.
• Information sharing and good practices. Guidelines and supporting
documents; promotion of information exchange and dissemination of sub-
regional (knowledge management).
• Promoting local production of energy goods and services. Provision of grant
for technical assistance to 80 to 100 promising projects and loans / equity
to 30 selected projects that can serve as blueprint for the further
development of the biomass sector in West Africa.

14. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: Development of
sustainable bioenergy business models and investment profiles
in West Africa
The expected results are:
• A knowledge of the resources and sustainable ways of resources
mobilisation and adapted models of supply chain
• A view of the overall bioenergy market in West Africa and what it will take
to develop it, price development, competition with other energy sectors,
required quality norms, standards and regulations to boost the market.
• An overview of the actors (private companies, cooperatives and supporting
institutions) for each zone of high interests,
• A portfolio of modern bioenergy projects outlining the technical options
(inputs, outputs, process and ranges of technologies), the different
utilisations and markets, the commercial, financial and economical
feasibility and expected social and environmental impacts.
• An implementation strategy including the roles of the different actors and
the needs for capacity building and policy support.
• Compliance of the selected projects with the biomass sustainability criteria
as defined by the Netherlands Government.

15. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: : Strengthening the
West African Private Sector and public actors
Expected results
• Strengthening of existing business association
• Creation of a permanent PPP (public private partnership) dialogue between
the private sector associations, the civil society representing the producers
of feedstock and government bodies to address the relevant issues and
obstacles for the development of the sector.
• Capacity development, mobilisation and sensibilisation of the private sector
through regulars training and awareness raising sessions where companies
and farmers association are educated on the opportunities and feasibility of
converting biomass resources into energy services.
• Development of local competence and expertise in cooperation with
specialised universities, training of local consultants, experts and companies
on biofuels project development, technology, supply chain development,
• Information sharing and dissemination. Creation of an internet site to
provide updated political, scientific, technological, commercial, financial
information on the bioenergy sectors.

16. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: Technical Assistance
Facility (TAF)
Expected results
• A maximum of 100 projects will be selected during the project
duration with a maximum grant of €20 000 per project under the
form of co financing (up to 75%). Project to be selected must be
presented by existing companies / cooperatives that can present at
least the two last certified balances and financial reports in which it
appears a minimum turnover of 100 000 Euro.
• At least 60% of the intervention lead to direct investment in the
production and distribution of energy service based modern
bioenergy projects

17. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: mobilisation of
funds for investment
Expected results
• +/_ 30 projects are directed funded through a loan. The minimum
amount for a loan is fixed at 100,000 Euro and maximum 500,000
Euro providing financial room for 10 to 20 projects.
• Each project should create at least 20 permanents jobs and 50
indirect jobs connected with small scale farmers / collectors of
feedstock.
• Project should contribute to rural energy access
• Each project should reduce CO2 emission to at least 40 % as
compared to the use of petroleum based feedstock

18. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: Proposed
Institutional settings
Steering committee /Board
• Meet twice a year
• Set the policies and guidelines
• Provide General Guidance
• Keep a close supervision over the project activities through
reports, audits and evaluation
NEPAD
• Manage the contract as applicant and implementer
• Provide 10% of the project finance
• Set the project, its infrastructure and hire the personnel
• Manage the project finance
• Provide banking expertise in project selection and contract
management
• Manage the contracts with the beneficiaries of the
Investment and Equity Funds (component 4 of the project).
UEMOA and ECREEE
• Provide 10% of the project finance
• Overall political support
• Care for proper ownership by the country member
• Public Private Partnership development
• Policy formulation in country members

19. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF: Project
Management Unit (PMU)
Coordinator
• Overall responsibility toward the steering
committee
• Daily management and coordination of the
activities
• Accountable to the steering committee
• Reporting
Fund Management / Financial Management
• Account Manager
• Procurement, Resource
• Resource Mobilization Expert
• Contracts Expert
Programme Management
• Unit Coordinator
• Social, economic, financial analyst *Gender Expert
• Communication /Promotion Expert *Research
Expert
• Capacity Building/ Training Expert

20. NEPAD Bioenergy Facility for WAF
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