Unlock your region’s bioenergy potential.
Clean energy markets are booming, with trillions in capital for the energy transition, and project developers worldwide are looking for new places to build bioenergy plants.
Ready to tap into the trillion-dollar bioenergy sector?
BDO Zone ratings signal your region’s readiness for bio-project development, build global partnerships, and create new clean energy opportunities.
BDOSAT is a powerful online tool that empowers communities, corporations, and governments to assess regional readiness for new biomass-based manufacturing plants.
Get a preliminary opinion on a BDO Zone rating outcome for your region, fast. And take the first step towards a sustainable, prosperous future.
What is your BDO Zone rating outcome likely to be?
BDO Zones are recognized as among the best places in the world to locate new bio-based plants. BDO Zone ratings certify regional readiness for bioenergy manufacturing, create global connections with project developers, and ignite an influx of clean energy project opportunities.
But is a BDO Zone rating right for your community?
BDOSAT helps gauge regional readiness to host new biomass-based manufacturing plants. It provides a high-level opinion on your potential BDO Zone rating.
From ‘AAA’ to ‘C’, every rating speaks volumes about a region’s potential. Higher ratings enable economic developers to more effectively leverage local biomass assets, attract new project opportunities, and create jobs.
Take the first step towards tapping into the trillion-dollar clean energy economy with BDOSAT now.
Get your free rating opinionHow BDOSAT works
Answer questions about biomass availability and infrastructure
The questionnaire takes 10 to 15 minutes and is multiple choice. It is designed to be answered by non-experts, simply select the answer that best fits with what you know.
Get your BDO Zone rating opinion
BDOSAT uses a ratings algorithm to generate a BDO Zone rating opinion for your region. It will also show regional strengths and weaknesses for bio-based development.
If your rating opinion is ‘BB’ or better, then your region may be a prime candidate for new bioenergy project development. A BDO Zone rating helps attract new clean energy projects to your region.
Frequently asked questions
Many communities have heard about BDO Zone ratings as a means to help attract new bio-based facilities, but they are unsure about what their outcome might be. BDOSAT solves this by providing a high-level opinion of the BDO Zone rating level a region would likely receive. "Investment grade" is capital-market shorthand for BDO Zone rating categories AAA+ to BBB-; "speculative grade" refers to BB+ to C-. Investment-grade ratings are particularly attractive to bio-based development, with higher ratings carrying more weight. Users that receive an investment-grade opinion may decide to pursue a full BDO Zone rating.
BDOSAT provides a pre-assessment of your local biomass supply chain, infrastructure and resources, and assesses regional strengths and weaknesses for bio-based project development. While it is not a BDO Zone rating, it helps you make an informed decision about pursuing one.
A BDO Zone rating is a technical risk assessment of the biomass feedstock, supply chain and infrastructure attributes of a region, with respect to the feasibility and development potential of new biofuel, renewable chemical, biogas or bioproduct manufacturing plants.
BDOSAT provides an opinion of the approximate grade of a potential BDO Zone rating, expressed as a range across three rating levels (for example, AA-A-BBB or A-BBB-BB). Users that receive a ratings opinion higher than investment grade (BBB) may decide to proceed to a full BDO Zone rating.
BDO Zone ratings are project-development bulls-eyes for new bio-based plants. Ratings enable economic developers to credibly signal and promote key local biomass supply chain success characteristics to bio-based developers and investors around the world.
A BDO Zone rating sends a clear, powerful signal to developers and investors worldwide that your region is shovel-ready for bio-based development. AAA, AA, A and BBB ratings put an internationally recognized bulls-eye on the best areas in the country to build and operate new bio-based manufacturing plants. While a ratings opinion is not a guarantee of a BDO Zone rating, users that receive a BB-grade opinion are encouraged to contact info@bdozone.org to inquire about a full BDO Zone rating.
The questionnaire takes between 10 and 20 minutes. The ratings opinion is generated immediately upon completion.
A low ratings opinion indicates structural deficiencies in the regional supply chain or local infrastructure for bio-based development. These issues can often be addressed to improve suitability, and therefore improve a BDO Zone rating. We are happy to go over your ratings opinion in detail and discuss the viability of an upgrade, please contact info@bdozone.org.
Rating cost depends on a number of factors and is determined by the BDO Zone Initiative's business development team. Please contact info@bdozone.org.
Contact info@bdozone.org. We can help you decide if a BDO Zone rating is right for you.