Company/Alliance: SaskPower, Babcock and Wilcox Canada (B&W Canada), Air Liquide, and SNC-Lavalin
Location: Shand Power Station, near Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Feedstock: Coal (lignite)
Size: 450 MW Gross, 300 MW Net, 3 million tons of CO2 per year captured
Capture Technology: Oxyfuel combustion
CO2 Fate: Sequestration in deep saline aquifers and/or EOR
Timing: SaskPower sidelines this project due to large costs. It will re-consider clean coal in 2009 for the post-2014 period.
Motivation/Economics: The total cost estimate is US$1.5 billion. Canada will fund 50% of feasibility study work up to $10 million on the project. The Shand Power Station near Estevan was chosen based on capital and lifecycle cost savings compared to the other possible site at the Poplar River Power Station near Coronach. The Poplar River site will be used if there are problems with the Shand site. Both potential plant sites are located near oil fields allowing for the use of the captured CO2 for EOR. The CO2 capture rate is greater than 90%.
Comments: B&W Canada has been involved with the International Test Centre (ITC) at the University of Regina for the past few years on CO2 sequestration and clean coal initiatives and will use their experience by providing the design and engineering required for the project.
General Links: SaskPower clean coal project website
Other Sources and Press Release:
SaskPower temporally sidelines Clean Coal project (September 2007)
Major engineering firm signs on to SaskPower Clean Coal Project (May 2007)
Saskatchewan: Partnership for SaskPower's Clean Coal Project Announced (October 2006)
B&W partners for SaskPower clean coal project (October 2006)
SaskPower Clean Coal Project [PDF] (February 2006)
