With Ghana’s quest to accomplish a nationwide electrification where 100% of citizens will have access to
electricity, various power projects are underway. However, in spite of the fact that there is an abundance of
biomass resource, little attention has been paid to the potential of this resource in power generation. This paper
discusses the energy potential of cocoa pod husks of which over a million tonnes are produced but wasted
annually. A biomass integrated combined electricity generation system is simulated using cocoa pod husks as
fuel with the aspen plus simulation software. An ORC and a bottoming Stirling Engine generator integrated into
a biomass gasification plant generates 1.3 MW of power at an overall plant efficiency of 36.69%. A comparison
with an existing 2.5 MW solar power plant showed that although the total capital cost for the biomass
integrated combined power plant was higher, it was more economical in the long term operations as the
payback time for the difference