The details on the future industrial use of the former Espanola pulp and paper mill will be revealed in the coming weeks and months. CHAR Technologies, a southern Ontario clean-tech innovation company, said in a Jan. 14 news release that an engineering and design study will be out some time this quarter, revealing the scope and capital expenditure required to build a biocarbon manufacturing facility at the defunct Domtar plant. CHAR is teaming up with the BMI Group to be co-developers to create a renewable energy production facility on the property. The property was acquired by the BMI Group last year. The site is now being called Bioveld North. …In the release, CHAR said BMI is also investing $10 million into the proposed development. Over the years, CHAR has developed a kiln technology using high-temperature pyrolysis to produce a renewable natural gas and a bio-coal product from residual wood waste.