Peaks Renewables joins BDO Zone Strategic Alliance
Peaks Renewables joins BDO Zone Strategic Alliance
Ecostrat is pleased to announce that Peaks Renewables has joined the BDO Zone Strategic Alliance as a partner in the Project Group. BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partners include some of the leading companies in the bioenergy industry that help de-risk biobased project development in BDO Zones.
“Peaks is thrilled to be joining the BDO Zone Strategic Alliance. The development of low and zero emissions bio gas has a critical role to play in driving economic development and achieving a low carbon future. Organizations like the BDO Zone Strategic Alliance are important to realizing that potential.” , Aidan Renaghan, Director of Peaks’ Renewable Projects
“The BDO Zone Initiative welcomes Peaks Renewables as the newest addition to the growing Strategic Alliance. Peaks Renewables’ expertise and knowledge in innovative technologies along with their dedication to developing low-carbon, carbon-neutral, and carbon-negative fuels will be invaluable in helping de-risk and benefit new bio-based plants located in BDO Zones.” , Jordan Solomon, President of Ecostrat
American biomass provides an economic development engine with the potential to create 160,000 jobs and nearly $15 billion of economic benefit. In Canada, the national economic impact potential is estimated at 16,060 direct, indirect, and induced jobs and over $1.48 billion annually of economic benefit. The BDO Zone Initiative can help North America realize this potential by supporting new market development for bioenergy, advanced biofuels, biobased heat and power, bio-materials, and clean hydrogen.
About Peaks Renewables
Peaks Renewables is a renewable energy development company specializing in the development of low carbon, carbon-neutral, and carbon-negative fuels like renewable natural gas and green hydrogen. Our goal is to help states, communities, utilities, homeowners, and industries reduce emissions while creating economic growth and providing access to clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy solutions.
As an energy developer, Peaks is committed to building strong relationships with communities and partners that are motivated by the same things that we are working towards. We work with farmers, municipalities, policymakers, industry and community leaders, and technology companies developing cutting-edge ideas for thermal energy. From a project’s conception to completion, we work together to develop solutions that meet emissions goals in new and innovative ways.
We are proud to be chosen as one of 22 other companies awarded funds in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop the nation’s first, on-system biomethane hydrogen pilot at our dairy digester RNG project in Clinton, Maine. This is just one of the ways Peaks Renewables is leading the way in investing in innovative technologies to reduce emissions and decarbonize the thermal energy sector.
For more information about Peaks Renewables, visit www.peaksrenewables.com. To connect directly with Skye Austin, Manager of Business Development please email saustin@summitutilities.com.
About The BDO Zone Initiative
The BDO Zone Initiative is an economic development platform that enables local communities to deploy powerful economic development tools , BDO Zone Ratings , to achieve the goal of driving, accelerating, and catalyzing biobased investment and commercial project development in BDO Zone-designated regions for new biofuel, renewable chemical, biogas, and bioproduct plants. BDO Zone Ratings do this by carrying out credible technical evaluations on feedstock and infrastructure risk and then enabling communities to effectively signal and promote key feedstock and infrastructure “success” characteristics valued by biobased developers and investors around the world.
‘AA’ or ‘A’ rated BDO Zones identify the best areas for low-risk bioeconomy project development. BDO Zone Ratings enable distressed communities to add capacity to support the deployment of innovative technology and infrastructure, and this drives regional economic development to areas where poverty has been persistent for generations, harnessing natural resources to support biobased manufacturing and renewable energy production.
BDO Zones have the ability to move the needle on job creation, decarbonization, and social justice. By achieving the goal of 1,000 BDO Zones in four years across the U.S., this Initiative has the potential to create more than 160,000 clean jobs, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2.59%, and provide $30,000,000/year into the local economy.
The BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partnership is divided into four groups: Capital Markets Partners, Project Partners, Technology Partners, and Supply Chain Partners.
For more information on the BDO Zone Initiative, please contact info@bdozone.org. To view all current and upcoming BDO Zone designations, visit www.bdozone.org or check out the BDO Zone LinkedIn page for all news and updates.
About Ecostrat
Ecostrat is the North American Leader in supplying biomass due diligence for biofuels, renewable chemicals, biogas, and bio-product project development and finance. Ecostrat led the USDOE/BETO funded project to develop the new investment Standards and Ratings for Biomass Supply Chain Risk.
The Advisory Group combines the BSCR Standards with powerful predictive analytics to understand and minimize supply chain risk. The Biomass Supply Group has 25 years of experience in sourcing and supplying more than 5 million tons of biomass feedstock for bioenergy, biofuel, and biochemical projects across North America.
Jordan Solomon is Chairman of the BDO Zone Initiative and President of Ecostrat. He has overseen the development and operation of biomass supply chains for more than 5,000,000 tons of feedstock over two decades for bioenergy, biofuel, and biochemical projects.
Jordan Solomon can be reached at jordan.solomon@ecostrat.com. For more information about Ecostrat, visit the company’s website at www.ecostrat.com/standards or check out the Ecostrat LinkedIn page for all news and updates.
Originally published at ecostrat.com.