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With over 500 people required at peak construction,
SaskPower estimates that up to $140 million was Major infrastructures like
generated to local businesses. This came in the Chinook Power Station
way of services to the plant, like fencing or security
will reduce the province’s
services and doesn’t include spending of workers
dependence on coal and lower
on services like hotels, restaurants and other
greenhouse gas emissions.
retail. Longer term, the power station permanently
employs about 25 people.
while reducing our overall emissions footprint.
TECHNOLOGY
The highly efficient combined-cycle operation will
The combined-cycle facility features a Siemens use exhaust heat that would otherwise be lost
F-Class gas turbine, a heat recovery steam in a simple-cycle configuration. The hot exhaust
generator (HRSG) and a Siemens steam turbine to from the initial cycle is captured to boil water into
boost power output and maximize energy efficiency steam in the HRSG and spin an additional second
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