In the Canadian province of Saskatchewan the world’s first big carbon capture coal power plant has begun. The project will sequester almost all of its emissions–about a million tons of carbon per year.
Canadian utility SaskPower is undertaking the project at the 110 megawatt Boundary Dam power station near Estevan, Saskatchewan, where it will retrofit one of its units.
The unit will be transformed into a long-term producer of 110 megawatts of base-load electricity, meanwhile reducing greenhouse gas emissions by one million tons of carbon dioxide per year–the equivalent of taking over 250,000 cars off of the province’s roads every year.
The captured CO2 will be piped to oilfields in southern Saskatchewan where it will be used for enhanced oil recovery. Unused CO2 will be stored in SaskPower’s Aquistore project.
In addition to CO2, the project will also capture Sulphur Dioxide and Fly ash. These products will be sold for industrial use.
The experiment will cost $1.35 billion, but if it works, SaskPower will retrofit two other units at a cost 20-30 percent less. The utility has already gained insights into improvements on design and engineering from the current undertaking.
According to the company, “The Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project is SaskPower’s flagship CCS initiative. Through the development of the world’s first and largest commercial-scale CCS project of its kind, SaskPower is making a viable technical, environmental and economic case for the continued use of coal.”
By Day Blakely Donaldson
Where do you think all the money comes from to support Gore and his minions plus the billions our government is spending on climate change issues ? This farce id draining trillions from the masses and some are getting filthy rich.
Please tell me how this enriches Al Gore at the expense of the masses? I don’t quite understand your rationale. How can cleaning our air of CO2 be detrimental to us, and how does doing so fill the pockets of others, exactly? Please post some evidence.
I believe that, in the area of, 75% of green the house gas’ is water vapor. CO2 comprises , in the area of, 15% of the whole. If we cut our emission of CO2 by 50% and the rest of the world does nothing all we have accomplished is to move money from the masses to support people like Al Gore and his ilk. This is ALL about controlling the masses and getting filthy rich in the process.
Maybe a tax based on the size of peoples swimming pool ? After all, there causing more water vapor.
I could puke!