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Providing energy for
Saskatchewan’s future.
The Great Plains Power Station is critical to powering the region.
It is our honor to work with SaskPower and our local and Indigenous
partners on this advanced, highly efficient, combined-cycle facility that
will provide reliable energy to customers and have a lasting, positive
impact on the region. Learn more at burnsmcd.com/BEC22.
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it will be very similar to the Chinook Power Plant emissions to net-zero by 2050, says Cherry. “To get
in Swift Current, which is currently the province’s there, we need more renewable and lower-emitting
second-largest natural gas-fired power station. generation in our power system. Natural gas is a
bridging technology to transition from conventional
“Great Plains is an important part of SaskPower’s coal to an emissions-free future. Natural gas
plans to significantly reduce greenhouse gas generates less than half the emissions of a coal
emissions and continue to provide reliable, cost- facility. We also require it to add more renewable
effective power to our customers,” says Joel Cherry, sources like wind and solar. These aren’t available
SaskPower spokesperson. “As a natural gas power 24/7 and must be balanced with other sources that
station, it will bring 360 megawatts (MW) of reliable are always available, like natural gas.”
24/7 baseload to support emission-free generation
options, like wind and solar.” POWERING THE ECONOMY
SaskPower is working to reduce greenhouse gas In addition to providing reliable baseload power, the
emissions by at least 50 per cent from 2005 levels project itself will create benefits for the local and
by 2030, and is considering ways to further reduce regional economy. “On the Chinook Power Offices Worldwide
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