Martin Schneider
GHG Monitor
4/11/2014
SaskPower and Vattenfall this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding on carbon capture and storage knowledge and technologies. The MOU, which will be in in effect for five years, “sets out the two parties’ intentions to explore opportunities for collaboration in order to advance their common interests concerning carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities,” according to a SaskPower statement. “Examples of such collaboration may include: mutual support for the development of CCS projects through technical exchange; informing and guiding the overall development of CCS infrastructure; and sharing CCS developments relating to health, safety and the environment.”
The MOU was signed at a ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin. “SaskPower’s carbon capture and storage project at Boundary Dam Power Station will be the first commercial post-combustion carbon capture system in the world. The project has created a unique opportunity to share practical yet groundbreaking knowledge with the global energy community,” said President and CEO Robert Watson. “We’re very happy to have a partner like Vattenfall join us in building from this innovative work.” Added Vattenfall Managing Director of Power Plants Hubertus Altmann: “We see a need for CCS in the future and we are very proud that the research results from our CCS pilot plant, Schwarze Pumpe, will contribute to the further development of the technology. SaskPower and Vattenfall are convinced that carbon capture and storage is an important technology to reduce global CO2 emissions to acceptable levels.”
