About
Green Coal is a limited company headquartered in Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden specializing in Biomass.
Green Coal is a Swedish-founded company working to eliminate the import of fossil coal into Ethiopia by replacing it with green coal produced from biomass such as elephant grass, bagasse and prosopis. The company aims to reduce foreign currency spending and create income, and is developing a first production facility in the Kilinto Special Economic Zone near Addis Ababa. It has also secured land for elephant grass cultivation in Oman and established subsidiaries in Ethiopia, Oman and Malaysia. The company holds a Foreign Direct Investment licence from the Ethiopian Investment Commission covering tax exemption and currency availability for debt servicing and profit repatriation.
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Service areas (3)
Ethiopia
Production of green coal to replace imported fossil coal for the Ethiopian cement industry.
Oman
Elephant grass cultivation and export of green coal, with animal feed sold locally.
Malaysia
Subsidiary established to access farm land and nearby export markets.
Locations
Headquarters
Grävlingsbergsvägen 16, 132 37, Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden
Operating locations (2)
- Woreda 01, Sub-city Bole, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 406 Business Tower One, P.O. Box 921 P.C.133, Madinat Al Urfan, Muscat Hills, Muscat, Oman
Service regions
Projects
2Elephant grass farm, Oman
Land allocation of close to 6,000 to 10,000 hectares (figures vary across sources) in the Al Hashman region for cultivating elephant grass, with most primary product expected to be exported and secondary animal feed sold locally.
First factory, Kilinto Special Economic Zone
Factory site in the Kilinto Special Economic Zone on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, allocated under an MoU with the Ethiopian Investment Commission, for the first Green Coal production facility.
Credentials & affiliations
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Foreign Direct Investment License
Partnerships
Dangote
