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Queen Elizabeth Power Station

Natural gas power station in Saskatchewan, Canada


Natural gas power station in Saskatchewan, Canada

FieldValue
nameQueen Elizabeth Power Station
imageQueen Elizabeth Power Station.jpg
countryCanada
location2211 Spadina Crescent West
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
coordinates
ownerSaskPower
statusO
th_fuel_primaryNatural gas
th_technologySteam turbine
ps_electrical_capacity634 MW
commissioned1959

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Queen Elizabeth Power Station is a natural gas-fired station owned by SaskPower, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station was called the South Saskatchewan River Generating Station but renamed the Queen Elizabeth Power Station at the time of commissioning in 1959.

Description

The Queen Elizabeth Power Station consists of:{{Citation |access-date=2011-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121021116/http://www.saskpower.com/about_us/generation_transmission_distribution/peaking_stations.shtml |archive-date=November 21, 2010

  • one 60 MW and one 63 MW units (commissioned in 1959)
  • one 95 MW unit (commissioned in 1971)
  • six 25 MW Hitachi combustion gas turbines with once-through steam generators used to recover excess heat and reduce greenhouse gas emissions using combined-cycle technology(commissioned in June 2002)
  • three 36 MW Hitachi gas turbine units (commissioned 2010) at a cost of $240 million
  • three other 36 MW gas turbine units (commissioned 2016) and a steam turbine{{Cite journal

Boilers were supplied by Foster Wheeler and Babcock & Wilcox, and Once Through Steam Generators by Innovative Steam Technologies. The steam turbines were supplied by Brown, Boveri & Cie, English Electric and Hitachi.

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