Katahdin Mill Plans Going Well Restart Date Could Be in 2010, Officials Say

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MILLINOCKET - Brookfield Asset Management's $1.5 million winterization effort and its assessment of the Katahdin Avenue paper mill's capacity for a biomass boiler are going well, but company officials said Tuesday they don't know whether the mill will reopen next year or in 2010.

Engineering analysis begun last month shows that the mill's No. 4 boiler, which helps make steam crucial to papermaking, is suitable for conversion from oil to biomass fuel, said Daniel Whyte, a vice president at Brookfield Renewable Power, a Brookfield Asset subsidiary.

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Katahdin Mill Plans Going Well Restart Date Could Be in 2010, Officials Say

The Katahdin region, which connects to one of the largest contiguous forests in North America, has sufficient biomass and biomass providers to fuel the mill. Transmission ...

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