Yilkins becomes Ecostrat’s first BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partner

Ecostrat is pleased to announce that Yilkins has joined as the first BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partner – Technology Group. BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partners are best-of-kind companies that help de-risk bio-based project development in BDO Zones.

“The BDO Zone Initiative delivers critical biomass feedstock knowledge and sources to enable new, biomass-based sustainable supply chains for which Yilkins has developed highly efficient and cost-efficient biomass conversion technologies which produce valuable products for energy, industrial, chemical, and bio-fuels applications. Our strategic partnership with the BDO Zone Initiative contributes to sustainable value creation, sustainable development goals, and new jobs in rural areas,” says Guy Penard, vice-president, Yilkins North America.

Jordan Solomon, president of Ecostrat, states: “A BDO Zone rating signals that a region has undergone rigorous and extensive due diligence using over 100 standardized, transparent, and validated risk indicators based on the BSCR Standards for bio-based investment. ‘A’ and ‘AA’ BDO Zone Ratings identify areas in the country best positioned for low-risk bioeconomy project development.

BDO Zones do three key things: they help project developers identify new project locations easier and faster; they help investors more quickly deploy capital in these regions; and they help communities create new clean energy jobs. Oftentimes, small communities don’t have the platform or the credibility to promote themselves as great areas for future bio-based development. BDO Zone designations change that, and raise the flag over these communities as some of the best areas in the country to build the next bio-based plant.”

American biomass provides an economic development engine with the potential to create 160,000 jobs and nearly $15 billion of economic benefit. The BDO Zone Initiative can help the U.S. realize this potential by supporting new market development for American bioenergy, advanced biofuels, bio-based heat and power, bio-materials, and clean hydrogen.