Natchez, Mississippi
The Natchez, Mississippi BDO Zone for Woody Biomass is rated ‘AA’.
Rating Issue Date: April 24, 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.
Natchez, MS holds an investment-grade BDO Zone ‘AA’ Rating for Forest residuals, Sawmill residuals, Pulpwood. Issued in Apr 2023, the rating certifies approximately 7,120,000 gt/yr of reliable, low-risk biomass feedstock available within a 100-mile drive distance of the supply zone.
A ‘AA’ rating is a high investment grade, signalling an abundant, low-risk feedstock supply. It signals to developers, lenders, and investors that Natchez, MS’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
- Strong forestry and wood industry sectors with long history of performance
- Access to large number of potential suppliers including sawmills and logging contractors
- High Pulpwood growth-to-drain ratio of 2.13 for softwoods and 3.75 for hardwoods
- Companies representing new industries proposing to enter the BDO Zone
- Forest Residue supply chains are not developed and require capital investment
Infrastructure & sites
- 214 acres on River Terminal Road
- Entergy electrical (115 kV transmission, 13.8 kV distribution)
- Atmos Energy natural gas (12" line)
- 25 MM GPD well water
- 42 MGD wastewater treatment
- Future levee protection
- 37.65 acres adjacent to River Terminal and Port Road
- 270 acres at Carthage Point Road above floodplain
- Cooperative Energy (138/115 kV transmission, 12.47 kV distribution)
- Dual 22" natural gas lines
- Truck scale house
- 115 kV transmission line
- 8" water line
- 30 MGD WWTP
- Proposed rail spur
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