SaskPower is investing $354 million to rebuild the largest generating facility in the province, which will extend the life of the facility for 30 years. Work on the major components of the plant at the Boundary Dam Power Station will begin in 2011, with construction scheduled to start in 2012.
SaskPower is investing $354 million to rebuild the largest generating facility in the province, which will extend the life of the facility for 30 years.
Work on the major components of the plant at the Boundary Dam Power Station will begin in 2011, with construction scheduled to start in 2012.
Boundary Dam 3 will be rebuilt with a state-of-the-art Hitachi turbine, custom-designed for carbon capture systems.
SaskPower will defer a final decision on construction of the integrated carbon capture and storage system until the new federal thermal coal power generation emissions control regulations are completed. The company estimates it would cost $1.2 billion to rebuild Boundary Dam 3 with a fully integrated carbon capture and storage system.
SaskPower will continue with technical work on the integrated carbon capture and storage system proposed for the power station. This work will be supported by funding provided by the federal government, which has committed $240 million to assist in the development of carbon capture technology in Saskatchewan. The project is part of a program that will see more than $10 billion invested in SaskPower’s power production, transmission and distribution systems over the next decade.
JOC News Service
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