Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
The Wyoming County, Pennsylvania BDO Zone for Woody Biomass is rated ‘A’.
Rating Issue Date: April 29, 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.
Wyoming County, PA holds an investment-grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Forest residuals, Sawmill residuals, Pulpwood. Issued in Apr 2024, the rating certifies approximately 1,324,000 gt/yr of reliable, low-risk biomass feedstock available within a 75-mi driving distance from the center point (Tunkhannock, PA).
A ‘A’ rating is an investment grade rating, signalling a reliable, low-risk feedstock supply. It signals to developers, lenders, and investors that Wyoming County, PA’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
- Over 662,000 bdt/yr woody biomass comprising 550,000 bdt/yr pulpwood, 64,000 bdt/yr forest residues, 48,000 bdt/yr sawmill residues at low risk
- Limited pulpwood competition with no pulp/paper facilities regionally enhances favorable dynamics
- Leading hardwood lumber production/export nation position ensures stable feedstock supply
- Logger/trucking migration to local shale gas industry weakens supply chain capacity
- Pulpwood supply chain inactivity vs. pre-2000 levels requires capital investment scaling
- Aging logging company ownership/management poses ownership transfer challenges
Infrastructure & sites
- 1,296 +/- acres in Windham, Mehoopany, and Meshoppen Townships
- Located on Susquehanna River with 3.6 +/- miles river frontage
- Assembled by electric utility for unbuilt nuclear power plant
- Undeveloped, private, suitable for industrial/commercial/mixed-use
- No local zoning restrictions
- 1.32 +/- miles railroad frontage and 4.6 +/- miles road frontage
- Near major natural gas pipelines
- 150,000 SF industrial building in Ransom Township, PA 18411
- Heavy industrial M-1/R-2 zoned site with heavy electric services and ample water supply
- Owner open to subdivision and individual parcel sales
- Rail served with siding on Reading, Blue Mtn & Northern main line
- +/- 150,000 SF manufacturing/warehouse on +/- 38 acre, 8-parcel campus
- Former Cascades paper plant, decommissioned, shell condition
- 3,000 SF industrial building in New Milford, PA
- 16 ft. ceilings with ground-level 14'x12' drive-in door
- 22 +/- acres with excess development acreage
- Easy I-81 access near Exit 219
- Formerly Lackawanna College petroleum/natural gas school
- 612 SF foyer/restroom with central air, large parking area
Local grants & incentives
- Penn's Northeast
- Northern Tier Regional Planning and Development Commission
- PA Governors Action Team
- Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
- Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce
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