Empty fruit bunch, shell, and fiber are palm biomass waste that can be converted to energy by cogeneration system. On the other
hand, electricity shortages severely hampered the development of North Sumatera. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to
present a potential analysis of palm biomass waste in generating electricity by palm oil mills in North Sumatera. Some palm oil
mills in North Sumatera were analyzed in electric potential by using collected data, questionnaires and interviews. The results
show that a POM with 30 tones FFB/hour generates at least 20 MW (20 MW to 35 MW).