The world's first near-zero emissions pulverized coal power plant.
Part of SaskPower's innovative Clean Coal™ Project involves examining the feasibility of designs that will see the capture of over 90% of a major contributor to global warming: carbon dioxide (CO2).
The new clean coal power plant design would produce 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity - more than enough to supply a city of 200,000. It would also create enough liquefied CO2 to extract millions of new barrels of oil from Saskatchewan oilfields through enhanced oil recovery.
Additional emissions-control technologies will also be incorporated, bringing Shand 2 to near zero emission status. They'll also take our world closer to a more environmentally and economically sustainable future for electricity generated from coal.
The Shand Power Station near Estevan will be the location of the first potential clean coal plant. SaskPower continues to review the many technical, regulatory, environmental and economic considerations that need to be considered before a decision is made to proceed to the construction phase.
If developed, the 300 MW clean coal plant will capture approximately 8,000 tonnes of CO2 a day. This CO2 will be sold for enhanced oil recovery operations in southeast Saskatchewan, possibly generating enough revenue to offset the cost of its capture and delivery. Alternatively, the CO2 will be sequestered in deep saline aquifers.
