The SaskPower Boundary Dam 3 Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project was part of a tour for influential American policy-makers crossing the prairies. Stops included hydro power in Manitoba, the Boundary Dam project, Petroleum Technology Research Centre in Regina, Fort McMurray oilsands, and culminated in Banff.
The Pan Prairie Energy Tour was organized by the Canadian Embassy in Washington. It stopped in Estevan and Regina on Tuesday. Twelve people took part.
While at Boundary Dam, they were given a tour of the carbon capture facility and a quick look at the power plant portion of the project.
Ian Mead, the assistant administrator for energy analysis, Energy Information Administration, said, “I’m here from the U.S. because our greatest trading partner in energy is Canada. It’s important to build those relationships. I’m here to learn more about what’s going on on the Canadian side of the border.”
Samantha Gross, an engineer by trade, is Energy and Climate Change Fellow with the Brookings Institution, said, “This plant is a first of it’s kind facility. It’s a bit of a proving ground for CCS technology. I do policy work, but I’m and engineer by background, so it’s a lot of fun for me to walk around and see how the facility works and also hear from the engineers here on the ways they feel like they can improve in the future and bring costs down, how this technology can be improved and applied.”
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