Carbon Capture and Storage Initiatives

EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC 

PLANNING SESSION

SASKPOWER CCS

@SaskPowerCCS

GHGT-12

MIKE MONEA, PRESIDENT, CCS INITIATIVES
SASKPOWER’S

CCS STORY.

Why We Did It The Business Case

Government Approval Construction (Learning Starts Here)
SASKPOWER’S 

ENERGY MIX.

• 490,000 

 customers

• 151,000KM of 

transmission line

• 3,513 MW generating 

capacity
COAL

50%

GAS

25%

HYDRO

20%

WIND

3 %

OTHER

2 %

DIVERSIFIED

POWER GENERATION.
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• In 2013, invested $2B in our electrical 

system including a record $1.3B 

internally and $700M through a 

partnership with Northland Power.

• Forecasting to invest $1B annually for 

the foreseeable future.

• 3 key elements to SaskPower’s

ongoing capital spending program:

1. Forecasted system growth; 

2. Sustainment investments; and

3. Financial Impact.

CAPITAL SPENDING DRIVERS
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CCS TIMELINE.

Pre 2000

Canadian Clean 

Power Coalition 

Studies

2001

Coal-fired 

Generation 

Option Study

Today

Commercial 

Operation

2006

Shand 1 

Study

2007

“Clean Coal 

Project”

2007

Shand 2

2008

Retrofit 

Options 

2009

Pre-Commitment 

Engineering Unit 3

2011

Detailed 

Engineering

2010

Go Decision: 

Refurbishment 

of Power Plant
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COMPARING COSTS.

BD3 Carbon Capture 

Cost of Electricity

Baseload Natural Gas 

Cost of Electricity

Capital Investment

Fuel Expense

O & M Figures from 2009 - 2010
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COMPARING REGULATIONS.

• USA – 1,100 lb/MWh gross

*Approx 0.712 tonnes /MWh net 

factoring in 30% parasitic load for 

CCS equipment

• Canada – 0.420 tonnes / 

MWh

• USA – 1,000 lb/MWh gross

*Approx 0.504 tonnes / MWh net

• Canada – 0.420 tonnes / 

MWh
Carbon Capture and Storage Initiatives

EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC 

PLANNING SESSION

BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT
BOUNDARY DAM UNIT 3

 Emission Change Pre-CCS Post-CCS Reduction

CO2 1094 120 90%

SO2 11 0 100%

NO 1.5 1.1 27%

PM10 .2 .02 90%

PM2.5 .1 .03 70%
• Regina Saskatchewan- 210,000 people

• One million tonnes of captured CO2 from coal:

• Removes CO2 emissions from all Regina cars

• Also captures all the CO2 from home heating

• Plus..keeps 50% of the lights on in Regina

• Or 250,000 cars off the road each year....
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GENERATION COSTS.

$US 

/MWh

Data Source: 2010 Electrical Power Research Institute, Program on Technology Innovation: Integrated Generation Technology Options

$30

$50

$70

$90

$110

$130

$150

Coal Coal with 

CCS

Natural 

Gas

Nuclear Biomass Wind

Figures from 2009 - 2010
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

CCS FACILITY.
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

CO

2 AND SO

2

ABSORBERS
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

C

O

2 STRIPPER
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

SO2 ABSORBER
ACID PLANT
CO2 PIPELINE.
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

UNIT 3 TURBINE.
CCUS.

FULL SPECTRUM
SECURING OFF-TAKERS.

• Sale of flyash for 

concrete production 

100%.

• Sale of sulphuric

acid, used primarily 

for industrial purposes 

including fertilizer.

• Sale of CO2 to oil 

company for EOR. 
ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY.

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2009 2015

• Around 30,000 bl/day: a 35-year high 

• 20,000 bl/day are due to the CO2 flood

Primary & Waterflood

Vertical Infills

Pre CO2

Hz Infills

Current production at 35 year high CO2 EOR

Waterflood 

Improvement

bl/day
STORAGE.

• Pure CO2 storage with SaskPower’s Carbon 

Storage and Research Centre’s host project, 

Aquistore. 

• Independent monitoring project that identifies 

feasibility of injecting CO2 into a deep saline 

reservoir in an effort to reduce GHG emissions. 

• Aquistore will receive approximately 350,000 

 tonnes of CO2 over its life. Storage is regulated 

 by the Ministry of Environment. 

• Will be measured, monitored, verified and 

 audited. 

• Saskatchewan has experience with storage due 

 to the Weyburn Midale project. Approximately 20 

 million tonnes of CO2 stored and monitored.
MAKING THE 

NEW REALITY.

Complex Commissioning Unprecedented Simulator 

Training

Detailed SOP Vendor Contract Negotiations
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

WHERE WE ARE GOING
WHERE ARE WE GOING.

Boundary Dam 4+5

Amine Chemistry Lab

CCTF

University Collaboration
BOUNDARY DAM 

CCS PROJECT

TOURS
Carbon Capture and Storage Initiatives

EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC 

PLANNING SESSION

SASKPOWER CCS

@SaskPowerCCS

GHGT-12

MIKE MONEA, PRESIDENT, CCS INITIATIVES