Saskatchewan to build carbon-capture coal-power plant
Saskatchewan, which depends heavily on burning coal for power, will build one of the world's first commercial-scale power plants that will capture carbon dioxide emissions, the provincial government said Tuesday.
Saskatchewan said the power utility it owns, SaskPower, will proceed with a long-planned $1.24 billion conversion of a generating unit at its Boundary Dam Power Station at the city of Estevan as the province moves to comply with new requirements for cleaner coal power.
The project will have capacity to produce 110 megawatts of electricity per year, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1 million tones`the equivalent of taking 250,000 vehicles off the road each year, the provincial government said.
Construction will start shortly with operations beginning in 2014, the government said.
The federal government has already committed $240 million to the project, with Saskatchewan covering the $1 billion balance.
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