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Canadian CCS system back online after lengthy overhaul

Canadian CCS system back online after lengthy overhaul

$1.5B Canadian CCS system offline for two months REGINA _A carbon-capture facility in the Canadian province  of Saskatchewan is coming back online and officials say it will be fully operational, even if it’s not operating full time. SaskPower CEO Mike Marsh says many components have been replaced at the $1.5-billion facility at the Boundary Dam power […]

Canadian carbon capture facility working at 40 per cent capacity

Canadian carbon capture facility working at 40 per cent capacity

Canadian carbon capture facility at coal-fired dam in Saskatchewan REGINA – Energy Minister Bill Boyd admits the much-touted Canadian carbon capture facility near Estevan, Saskatchewan isn’t going as well as planned. The goal was to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from the coal-fired Boundary Dam power plant near Estevan by one million tonnes annually. But the facility is only operating at […]

U.S. lawmakers tour Canadian carbon capture, storage project

U.S. lawmakers tour Canadian carbon capture, storage project

Lindsey Graham says carbon capture works, has multiple uses ESTEVAN, Canada – U.S. presidential candidate Lindsey Graham is praising carbon capture and storage technology in Saskatchewan and says it’s time to pursue similar projects in his own country. The Republican senator for South Carolina was part of a delegation of U.S. lawmakers who toured SaskPower’s Boundary […]