SaskPower climate change action plan 1997/98 progress report

In 1998, SaskPower signed their first large-scale cogeneration energy contract. Over the next 25 years, SaskPower will buy 210 megawatts of power from the Meridian Cogeneration Project offsetting carbon dioxide emissions by 280,000 tonnes per year and providing a source of clean, safe and reliable power. Their Condie/QE transmission line began operation in Oct. 1997, improving the efficiency of power flow and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 96,000 tonnes per year. Their improved generating facilities are decreasing the quantity of greenhouse being produced per unit of thermal energy. Efficiency upgrades reduced over 480,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 1997. Successful energy audits and partnerships with government agencies and communities are keeping them on track to meet their client initiatives target. SaskPower will invest in its first-ever international offset project this year, recovering greenhouse gases from a Connecticut landfill. Their Shand greenhouse, which draws excess heat from the Shand Power Station, produced over 1.6 million seedlings for conservation projects across the province since 1991