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of taking more than 250,000 vehicles off Saskatchewan roads each year—in addition to capturing CO2 for enhanced oil recovery. “SaskPower and its private-sector partners are leading the world in the development of a technology that will help to address climate change while ensuring that we can continue to use coal as an energy source for many years to come,” said Rob Norris, minister responsible for SaskPower. Norris also thanked the federal government for providing $240 million to assist in the development of the project. “This project will forge an environmentally sustainable path for the production of coal-fired electricity in Saskatchewan,” Norris said. “By proceeding with the carboncapture project at Boundary Dam, while continuing to add wind power and investigating other renewable energy options such as biomass, SaskPower is helping to build a greener future for Saskatchewan.” SaskPower president Robert Watson noted that the Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project will provide a major economic stimulus for the Estevan area, in addition to benefits for the rest of the province.
“This will be one of the largest construction projects in the province’s history, creating hundreds of jobs and substantial business for companies in the province,” Watson said. “In particular, the continued operation of the Boundary Dam and Shand power stations, as well as related businesses servicing the coal industry, will provide long-term benefits to the Estevan region. The petroleum industry will also be a major beneficiary as it will use CO2
Ltd. will supply a state-of-the-art steam turbine—the first in the world designed to fully integrate a coal-fired power plant with carbon-capture technology. Construction on the project will begin immediately, with operations commencing in 2014. The new generating unit at Boundary Dam will have the capacity to generate 110 megawatts of electricity. In addition to capturing CO2 for enhanced oil recovery
The Boundary Dam Power Station is SaskPower’s largest generating facility, with six units and a combined generating capacity of 824 megawatts. captured at Boundary Dam to extract oil from mature fields.” SaskPower has chosen SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., one of the leading engineering and construction companies in the world, to oversee detailed engineering, procurement and construction activities at the Boundary Dam project. Cansolv Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Global Solutions International B.V., will supply the carbon capture process. Hitachi Canada
operations, the Boundary Dam project will also capture sulphur dioxide to be used in the production of sulphuric acid. The Boundary Dam Power Station is SaskPower’s largest generating facility, with six units and a combined generating capacity of 824 megawatts. The company’s three coal-fired power plants account for approximately 50 per cent of its generating capacity of 3,513 megawatts. — DAILY OIL BULLETIN
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