The coal refurbishment plan, laid out by year until 2035
There’s been a lot of talk about the coal refurbishment. Here’s the plan, laid out year by year until 2035.
NDP say coal refurbishment will double electricity rates by 2050, prefer natural gas and renewables instead
““If you want to know what our plan is for coal, we don’t think it’s the best use of public money, what the Government of Saskatchewan is proposing to do, we think, of course, we’re not shutting down coal tomorrow, no matter how many times the Sask Party wants to say this. That’s not practical. It’s not on these this is an important part of our system. This provides reliable, fundamentally critical base load power right now it is. It is not where we should be investing for the future. And these are not investments that the government is making for growth.” – Aleana Young
NDP analysis of coal refurbishment and its impact on rates, in depth
The big question was what would the NDP’s reaction be to this in the long run, given they are the “government in waiting.” After many months of studying it, on March 13, it was revealed. The NDP are not in favour of refurbishments, but also not in favour of shutting down coal right away, either.
BREAKING: Data centre hinges on dispatchable baseload power, including coal refurbishment
The new data centre in Regina has big implications for coal in Estevan and Coronach. Indeed, without dispatchable baseload power from coal and natural gas, it’s unlikely this announcment would have happened.
AtkinsRéalis’ Case for CANDU, Part 4: About Boundary Dam’s Carbon Capture project
SNC-Lavalin was the EPC, or engineering, procurement and contractor responsible for the construction of SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Unit 3 Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage project. That project had notable teething problems for many years, including some significant redesigns. And while it was initially advertised that it would have a capacity to capture one million tonnes of CO2 per year, it has never reached that level yet, after 11.5 years in operation.
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