Summit County, Utah
The Summit County, Utah BDO Zone for Woody Biomass is rated ‘A’.
Rating Issue Date: July 18, 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.
Summit County, UT holds an investment-grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Forest residuals, Pulpwood. Issued in Jul 2023, 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 (Wanship, UT).
A ‘A’ rating is an investment grade rating, signalling a reliable, low-risk feedstock supply. It signals to developers, lenders, and investors that Summit County, UT’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
- No significant competitors for pulpwood or forest residue exist in the region.
- External funding earmarked for highly desired forest fuels reduction treatments means increased woody feedstock for the next 5 to 10 years.
- Potential additional supply in the form of standing dead timber.
- The number of logging companies and their capacities are limited. Scale-up can take time.
- Forest residue production not a priority to loggers.
- Likelihood of errors in the biomass availability models.
Infrastructure & sites
- Access to water, sewer/septic, electricity, and natural gas
- Roads must be paved by industries to connect to respective roads
- Access to water, sewer/septic, electricity, and natural gas
- Roads must be paved by industries to connect to respective roads
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