Fall 2024 marks 10 years of operation at SaskPower’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility. In 2014, Boundary Dam Power Station became the first power plant in the world to successfully use the technology, and since then the facility has captured and prevented 6,434,234 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.

CCS has seen continuous improvement during the past decade, achieving stable operations and setting record capture levels – on August 3, 2024, CCS achieved a new 12-month capture record of 900,967 tonnes. The knowledge gained at the CCS facility has also made SaskPower a resource for development of CCS projects in a wide range of industries.

Today, Boundary Dam Unit 3 remains an important part of SaskPower’s generating fleet, producing enough lower-carbon power for 110,000 Saskatchewan homes.

The third quarter of 2024 (July 1 to September 30) included an abnormally hot and humid summer, resulting in a slightly lower daily average capture of 2,675 tonnes per day, and a peak daily capture of 2,980. However, CCS reached the fall 2024 planned outage without any major unplanned events.

Overall, the CCS facility was available 80.6% of the time in Q3, capturing 202,353 tonnes of CO2. This resulted in an emissions intensity of 316 tonnes of carbon dioxide per gigawatt hour. The acid plant at CCS was available 47% of the time, producing 932 tonnes of sulfuric acid.

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