Today
Queen
Elizabeth Power Station
originally named the South Saskatchewan River Generating Station, it was renamed and officially commissioned in 1959 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
natural gas-fired station located in Saskatoon
three original units with a combined
generating capacity of 218 net MW
two commissioned in 1959, rated at 60 and 63
one 95 net MW unit commissioned in 1971
six 25 MW combustion gas turbines, along with systems to produce additional electricity from waste heat, were commissioned in June 2002 – the combined-cycle technology will add 150 MW of supply and reduce SaskPower's greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equal to emissions from 30,000 cars
total generating capacity is now 386 net MW
