ASSOCIATED PRESS • February 11, 2021
A startup company plans to lease part of a former paper mill in northern Maine for a facility that converts wood into a product used by farmers. The Portland company, Standard Biocarbon Corp., intends to perform the work at the former Great Northern Paper mill in East Millinocket. The company signed a letter of intent with East Millinocket Industrials to occupy some 25,000 square feet of the former mill. The mill was a major employer in northern Maine that closed in 2014. Standard Biocarbon would be the first new tenant to move into the site. The company will use low-grade wood to make biocarbon. Biocarbon is sold as “biochar” and can be used in agriculture as compost.