National Waste-to-Energy Programme · Ghana
Turning biomass waste into clean industrial energy.
OLAMES collects coconut husks and other organic residues through local value chains and turns them into biomass pellets that replace fossil fuel in Ghanaian industry.
The vision
A circular chain: waste in, clean energy out.
Across Ghana, coconut husks, crop and agro-processing residues are dumped, burned or left to rot, releasing methane and polluting communities. At the same time, factories burn imported diesel, heavy fuel oil and LPG for process heat.
OLAMES connects the two. A decentralised network of collection routes, drying yards and modular pellet factories converts eligible residues into specification-grade fuel for industrial boilers, linking waste management, industrial decarbonisation and climate finance in one programme.
- Cleaner handling of biomass residues and less open burning
- Lower-carbon, locally made fuel for Ghanaian industry
- Digital records at every step for carbon-market integrity
How the model works
A hub-and-spoke chain from residue to industrial fuel.
Vendors and generators are registered, biomass is collected along spoke routes, dried and aggregated, pelletised at the factory and supplied to industrial heat users. Digital MRV records sit across the whole chain.
- 1
Vendor registration
Vendor ID and source location recorded.
- 2
Collection & spoke routes
Each collection weighed and logged.
- 3
Drying & aggregation
Batch ID and moisture status tracked.
- 4
Pellet production
Plant receipt and output recorded.
- 5
Industrial use
Dispatch and end use evidenced.
Climate impact
Measurable emission reductions in every factory.
Residues left to rot release methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide. OLAMES diverts them into pellets that replace fossil fuel in industrial boilers. Reductions are quantified under approved methodologies, tracked through digital MRV and structured for authorisation under Ghana’s Article 6.2 carbon-market framework.
Conservative by design: emission avoidance only, with no removal claims. Every tonne is weighed, tracked and independently verified.
The programme
Starting in Greater Accra, scaling across Ghana.
Each standard factory processes about 30,000 tonnes of wet residues into about 15,000 tonnes of pellets a year. The first factory serves the Accra–Tema industrial corridor; the model is then replicated in gated phases.
- 2026
Programme registration with Ghana’s Carbon Market Office under Article 6.2
- 2027
Financial close and construction of the first factory in Greater Accra
- 2028
First factory operating; first crediting period begins
- 2029–2032
Phased roll-out to 16, then 48 factories across priority regions
Partner with OLAMES
Municipalities, industry and investors.
We work with municipal partners on residue handling, with industrial users switching to renewable boiler fuel, and with investors and carbon buyers financing the roll-out.
Contact
Let’s talk.
OLAMES Biocarbon Ltd, a McJones Energy company, is the developer of the OLAMES National Waste-to-Energy Programme of Activities.
OLAMES Biocarbon Ltd
No. 8, Vivian Farm, Fortune Plaza
Sakumono, Greater Accra, Ghana
Social impact
Jobs and income for youth and women.
OLAMES is built on local value chains. Women lead much of the market trading and processing that generates feedstock, and young people make up most of the collection and transport workforce. Every factory creates skilled jobs on site and steady income in the communities that supply it.
Indicative planning figures, to be confirmed against measured baselines.