CHAR Technologies Signs MOU With First Nations Co-Op LNFMI for Waste to Energy Facility
CHAR Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with the First Nations co-operative Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. to jointly develop, build, own and operate a waste to energy facility in the Lake Nipigon Region of Northern Ontario. In particular, the plant will process wood waste and residues to RNG and biocarbon.
LNFMI is a forest management co-operative comprising four local First Nation Communities that hold the Sustainable Forest License (SFL) on the Lake Nipigon Forest. They are Animbiigoo Zaagi igan Anishinaabek; Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek; Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek; and, Red Rock Indian Band.
LNFMI oversees an annual harvest operation from the Lake Nipigon Forest, which supplies wood fiber across Northern Ontario. The Lake Nipigon Forest begins at the Nipigon township and extends east to Geraldton on Hwy 11 and Pays Plat on Hwy 17.