[Biofuel] Saskatchewan government announces $1.24 billion carbon storage project
Sigh. If you want to put the carbon in the ground, so it will actually stay there, why not just leave it (coal) in the ground to start with? Yep, that's $1.24 Billion, with a B. Darryl http://www.newstalk980.com/story/20110426/50246 Includes $204 million contribution from federal government Story Tools ShareThis Reported By Natalie Geddes Posted April 26, 2011 - 11:03am Saskatchewan's southeast will be home to one of the world's first commercial-sized carbon capture and storage facilities, according to an announcement by the government Tuesday morning. The province is announcing a $1.24 billion dollar project will see the Boundary Dam Power Station upgraded. The coal plant there will incorporate a steam turbine to help the coal-fired power plant integrate with a new carbon capture and storage system. Saskatchewan has been at the forefront of carbon sequestration in the last several years and this announced project will be one of the biggest in the world. It involves carbon dioxide gas being injected deep into the earth to store the greenhouse gases indefinitely. The Minister responsible for SaskPower Rob Norris adds the province is currently in talks with the oil industry, who could than purchase the captured chemicals. In many ways Saskatchewan is counting on this so called “clean coal”. The current power grid gets 60 percent of its power from burning coal. We also know that the need for power in Saskatchewan is expected to double in the next 10 years. If proven successful this carbon capture project could become an industry standard for efficient and cleaner coal. CEO of SaskPower Robert Watson adds that power rates are bound to rise, but the addition of carbon capture could ensure coal’s future and help keep customer costs down. Tuesday’s announcement has been in the works for months, Watson says it was his reason for so many recent trips to Ottawa. Saskatchewan has been in close talks with the federal government ensuring that this carbon capture project falls into industry and emission guidelines. In fact they had hoped Ottawa would have new emission guidelines ready, but that was put off by the federal election. Minister Norris says the decision to start now was after telling Ottawa they want to get out in front and help set where those guidelines should be. They were also dealing with the aging Boundary Dam Power Station, and construction price estimates that could expire. The mayor of Estevan Gary St.Onge admits he was getting worried that the power station might close. Now the already booming oil town will host another influx of workers. A proposed 600 employees will be needed during the height of the renovation. Work should start immediately with completion by 2012. Photo of Boundary Dam taken by News Talk Radio's Natalie Geddes on Apr. 26, 2011. -- Darryl McMahon ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Saskatchewan government announces $1.24 billion carbon storage project
Wait a sec, I thought the Weyburn project was running into a few 'issues'. http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Sask+family+claims+carbon+capture+storage+site+captured+spewed+dead/4093755/story.html Guess that doesn't count. - Original Message - From: Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:17:49 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Saskatchewan government announces $1.24 billion carbon storage project Sigh. If you want to put the carbon in the ground, so it will actually stay there, why not just leave it (coal) in the ground to start with? Yep, that's $1.24 Billion, with a B. Darryl http://www.newstalk980.com/story/20110426/50246 Includes $204 million contribution from federal government Story Tools ShareThis Reported By Natalie Geddes Posted April 26, 2011 - 11:03am Saskatchewan's southeast will be home to one of the world's first commercial-sized carbon capture and storage facilities, according to an announcement by the government Tuesday morning. The province is announcing a $1.24 billion dollar project will see the Boundary Dam Power Station upgraded. The coal plant there will incorporate a steam turbine to help the coal-fired power plant integrate with a new carbon capture and storage system. Saskatchewan has been at the forefront of carbon sequestration in the last several years and this announced project will be one of the biggest in the world. It involves carbon dioxide gas being injected deep into the earth to store the greenhouse gases indefinitely. The Minister responsible for SaskPower Rob Norris adds the province is currently in talks with the oil industry, who could than purchase the captured chemicals. In many ways Saskatchewan is counting on this so called “clean coal”. The current power grid gets 60 percent of its power from burning coal. We also know that the need for power in Saskatchewan is expected to double in the next 10 years. If proven successful this carbon capture project could become an industry standard for efficient and cleaner coal. CEO of SaskPower Robert Watson adds that power rates are bound to rise, but the addition of carbon capture could ensure coal’s future and help keep customer costs down. Tuesday’s announcement has been in the works for months, Watson says it was his reason for so many recent trips to Ottawa. Saskatchewan has been in close talks with the federal government ensuring that this carbon capture project falls into industry and emission guidelines. In fact they had hoped Ottawa would have new emission guidelines ready, but that was put off by the federal election. Minister Norris says the decision to start now was after telling Ottawa they want to get out in front and help set where those guidelines should be. They were also dealing with the aging Boundary Dam Power Station, and construction price estimates that could expire. The mayor of Estevan Gary St.Onge admits he was getting worried that the power station might close. Now the already booming oil town will host another influx of workers. A proposed 600 employees will be needed during the height of the renovation. Work should start immediately with completion by 2012. Photo of Boundary Dam taken by News Talk Radio's Natalie Geddes on Apr. 26, 2011. -- Darryl McMahon ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Carbon storage in Saskatchewan
Hello Chip,Darrel, was` nt the japanese nuclear industrie considered the safest in the world?! So and what are the guaranties now for the rest of humankind about the fall outs? The safest carbonstorage to me is growing back our forests, it could be enhanced with composting to accelerate new growt! I wonder how many jobs could be created this way and how much we could achieve by that way? Fritz -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110427/39e405cf/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
