Name |
Boundary Dam |
Alternative Name |
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Source |
Power |
Scale |
Demonstration |
Location |
Estevan, Saskatchewan |
Country |
Canada |
Regulation Status |
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Primary Company/Alliance |
Saskpower |
Project Description |
Retrofit of CCS to rebuilt Unit 3 at Boundary Dam power station, captured CO2 sold to Cenovus for use in EOR. FEED study by Fluor in 2009. Shell subsidiary Cansolv Technologies and partner SNC Lavalin contracted for capture system.
April'11 Project approved by Gov. of Saskatchewan, construction started.
Aquistore Project completed by Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) in Sept'13 and assets transferred to SaskPower; Aquistore will store excess CO2 not required for EOR, up to 1Mtpa.
Full operation delayed from April to September 2014 due to problems with the refit of the power unit.
Capture started 14/09/14 during commissioning, first export of CO2 to pipeline 01/10/14, official 'Grand Opening' on 2nd October 2014.
Initial performance data released in Feb'15 shows plant operating above expectations.
Aquistore started large-scale injection of CO2 from Boundary Dam April 2015, planning up to 1000 t/day for six months.
Over 2015 in total only ~0.42 Mt captured, supply to Cenovus fell short of contract and a penalty paid by SaskPower, contract renegotiated.
Total of 1 Mt captured by August 2016, with 0.8 Mt in year to end October 2016. 2.5 Mt total captured by end 2018. 3 Mt by Nov'19.
Sept'17, plant restarts after three-month outage including installing new coolers on main compressor.
July'18, decision made not to retroft CCS on Units 4&5 of plant, but to retire these in 2021,2024 respectively.
(Updated 19/02/20 |
Website | http://www.saskpowerccs.com/ |
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Status |
Operational |
Status Comment |
Capture underway from 14/09/14, official opening 02/10/14 |
Intended Operational Year |
2015 |
Operation Year |
2014 |
End Operation Year |
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Date Comment |
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Estimated Cost |
CAD 1.35 billion, cost of carbon capture element CAD 800 million |
Public Funding |
Y |
Public Funding Comment |
Canadian Government funding up to CAD 240 million |
Public Engagement |
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Non Commercial Org |
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CCS Group |
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Company Comment |
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Fate |
EOR with MVR |
Onshore/Offshore |
Onshore |
Storage company |
EOR with Cenovus Energy |
Injection (Mt CO2/yr) |
1 |
Total Injection (MT CO2) |
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Storage distance |
10-100km |
Storage country |
Canada |
Storage comment |
Storage also with PTRC Aquistore Project, now owned by SaskPower. Storage designed to cope with intermittent injection as offtake for EOR varies. |
Storage monitoring |
Extensive monitoring, both within injection well and monitoring well. |
Product |
Electricity |
Source company |
Saskpower |
Construction |
Retrofit |
Permit |
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Permit date |
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Feedstock |
Coal |
Feedstock detail |
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Feedstock additional |
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Power plant size MW |
730 |
Fuel capacity |
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Production capacity |
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Plant capacity comment |
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Separation type |
Post-combustion |
Separation technology |
Amine |
Separation comment |
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Capture company |
SNC Lavalin-Cansolv |
CCS capacity |
110 MWe |
Transport method |
Pipe |
Transport company |
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Cluster |
N |
Cluster comment |
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Trans-boundary |
N |
Transport comment |
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