Coconino County, Arizona
The Coconino County, Arizona BDO Zone for Woody Biomass is rated ‘A’.
Rating Issue Date: Jan 22, 2024.
'A' ratings denote high prospective viability of Feedstock Supply and Infrastructure and low expectations of default risk in the Zone. Capacity to support new biobased plant operations is considered strong.
Coconino County, AZ holds an investment-grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Forest residuals, Sawmill residuals. Issued in Jan 2024, the rating certifies approximately 200,000 gt/yr of reliable, low-risk biomass feedstock available within a 75-mile driving distance from the center point (Bellemont, AZ).
A ‘A’ rating is an investment grade rating, signalling a reliable, low-risk feedstock supply. It signals to developers, lenders, and investors that Coconino County, AZ’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
- Quantities of woody biomass sufficient for medium-scale bio-projects available at low risk
- Diverse network of organizations committed to biomass supply chain development
- Lack of local competitors for wood fiber
- Regional forest industry is operating below historical capacity
- Unpredictability of timber and stewardship contract arrangements is being actively addressed but remains an issue
- Moderate risk of temporary wood supply disruptions from forest fires and post-fire flooding
- Biomass power plant located within competition zone
Local grants & incentives
- Coconino County Forest Restoration Initiative
- Arizona Healthy Forest Tax Incentive
- Arizona Opportunity Zone Resources
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