Renewable Coal Substitution

Initiative
Location
Rufisque, Senegal 🇸🇳, AF
Scale
City
Led by
Private sector
Background

Launched in 2020 in Senegal, the project was implemented at Sococim Industries cement plant to partially replace cement through whole Jatropha fruits and by biomass residues. It encompassed a fuel switch from coal to biomass in the cement plant producing 1,234,000 tons of clinker per year. The results have indicated a utilisation of 96,277 tons of biomass, reducing the emissions from the use of fossil fuels by 153,648 tCO2/year.

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