The Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project will transform Unit 3 at Boundary Dam Power Station into a reliable, long-term producer of 100 megawatts of clean base-load electricity, while enhancing provincial oil production and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by capturing one-million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year.
The $1.24 billion government-industry partnership between the Government of Canada, Government of Saskatchewan, SaskPower and private industry will rebuild a coal-fired generation unit and will equip it with a fully-integrated carbon capture system, allowing for the generation of low-emission electricity and the capture of CO2 for oil extraction. This leading-edge project will determine the technical, economic and environmental performance of carbon capture and storage technology.
Location
SaskPower is leading the development of one of the world's first and largest integrated Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration projects at Boundary Dam Power Station in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Research has shown that CO2 can be safely and permanently stored in underground geological formations such as deep saline aquifers.
Project benefits
- Economically and environmentally sustainable power generation
- Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of one-million tonnes/year from an existing power station
- One of the first and the largest commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects in the world
- Keeps coal in the electricity supply mix, utilizing an existing supply of reliable, low-cost fuel
- Reuse of existing fuel supplies and structures within an existing power generation site reduces costs
- Industry-wide carbon capture regulations and policies will be created as a result of this project
Additional information
View the clean coal information sheet to see the role coal plays in Saskatchewan; why carbon capture is needed; and see a visual representation of the carbon capture process.
