Clarksville, Arkansas
The Clarksville, Arkansas BDO Zone for Poultry Litter is rated ‘AA’.
Rating Issue Date: May 19, 2023.
'AA' ratings denote very high prospective viability of Feedstock Supply and Infrastructure and very low expectations of default risk in the Zone. They indicate very strong ongoing capacity of the region to support new biobased plant operations.
Clarksville, AR holds an investment-grade BDO Zone ‘AA’ Rating for Poultry litter. Issued in May 2023, the rating certifies approximately 150,000 tons/yr of reliable, low-risk biomass feedstock available within a Maximum transport distance is based on a 75-mile driving distance from the center point.
A ‘AA’ rating is a high investment grade, signalling an abundant, low-risk feedstock supply. It signals to developers, lenders, and investors that Clarksville, AR’s feedstock supply has undergone rigorous, standardized due diligence across 100+ risk indicators, the same framework applied to every BDO Zone across North America.
Every BDO Zone Rating assesses a region across three dimensions, mapped as expanding radii around a candidate site.
- Feedstock surplus: Data indicating at least 50,000 tonnes per year of excess feedstock available to support typical intake of new biofuels manufacturing plants.
- Supply chain strength: Evidence supporting long-term commitment to supply both quantity and quality by local farmers, forestry companies, food waste generators, haulers and municipalities.
- Sound infrastructure: Suitable transportation, logistic, operating and supporting infrastructure to meet the requirements for new facility operations.
Assets & liabilities
- Stable long-term outlook on quantity, reliability and supply chain resilience
- 16x Biomass Availability Multiple
- Key supply chain components are well-developed and mature
- 3,550 poultry producers in BDO Zone with high supply chain redundancy
- Local support for PL-utilizing project development
- PL cost fluctuates with manufactured fertilizer costs
- No limit on land-applying PL
- PL quality fluctuates; new projects must tolerate existing quality
Infrastructure & sites
- 120 acres, city-owned
- Location: 204 Massengale Road, Clarksville 72830, Johnson County, Arkansas
- Bounded by Interstate 40 to the north, Massengale Road to the north and east, undeveloped property to the south
- Onsite infrastructure includes water supply, sewage, gas, electrical, and telecommunications
- Enterprise Zone and Industrial Park designation
- 36-acre site bounded by N State Highway 109, S Crawford St, County Road 2331, and County Road 2340
- 60-acre site adjacent to Sterlin Hurley Ind Hwy
- 40-acre site adjacent to S Crawford St
- 108-acre site adjacent to S Crawford St and N State Highway 109
Local grants & incentives
- US Treasury Approved Opportunity Zone (5071952000)
- New Market Tax Credits
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