Coronach, Saskatchewan
The Coronach, Saskatchewan BDO Zone for Flax Straw is rated ‘A’.
Rating Issue Date: April 6, 2023.
'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.
Coronach, SK holds an investment-grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Flax straw. Issued in Apr 2023, the rating certifies approximately 110,000 gt/yr of reliable, low-risk biomass feedstock available within the region.
A ‘A’ rating is an investment grade rating, signalling a reliable, low-risk feedstock supply. It signals to developers, lenders, and investors that Coronach, SK’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 feedstock price and quantity, with strong inventory management
- Current BDO Zone estimates include both feedstock in Canada and the northern US border area
- Ability to access larger supply basins at marginal increases in transport costs
- Relatively large projected grower participation rate
- No large-scale competition for Flax Straw
- Positively rated infrastructure asset profile
- Grower interest in supplying Flax Straw will require further direct validation
- Region lacks Flax Straw collection and baling experience
- Year-to-year variation in feedstock availability poses a risk
- High probability of need to engage third-party company for harvest
Infrastructure & sites
- Water Supply: 600,000 gallon wells
- Sewage: Lagoons
- Broadband: 450 MGB download speed
- Highway: Located on secondary highway #18
- Rail: 606 Km short line owned by Great Western Railway
- US Border: 19 Km northwest of the Ports of Coronach & Scobey Montana
- Poplar River Power Station: Operated by SaskPower and located 10 Km southeast
- Poplar River Mine: Owned and operated by Westmoreland Coal Company
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