2nd Generation CCS - Shand Study

The Shand CCS Feasibility Study

The International CCS Knowledge Centre experts spearheaded a feasibility study to retrofit SaskPower’s Shand Power Station, (Shand) a 300MW, single unit, coal-fired power plant that has double the capacity of Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility (BD3) with a large-scale, CCS facility. 

• Shand CCS Feasibility Study* (full public report; 120 pages)  

• Summary for Decision Makers on Second Generation CCS Based on the Shand CCS Feasibility Study  (English Version)

• Summary for Decision Makers on Second Generation CCS Based on the Shand CCS Feasibility Study (Chinese version) 
• Shand Study — Frequently Asked Questions 

Key Highlights of the Shand CCS Feasibility Study (Shand Study):

• The study shows that compared to the Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility (BD3), a CCS system at Shand could see capture capital cost reductions of 67 per cent per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO₂) captured as well as 92 per cent in potential savings to power plant integration capital cost.
• Based on the model, the levelized cost of captured CO₂ is calculated at $45US/tonne.
• Second generation CCS can capture more emissions at lower loads (i.e. power generation) such that more than a 90 per cent% capture rate is possible. This means that CCS has the potential to integrate well with renewables which provide a varying load. CO₂ capture rate could be up to 97 per cent at 62 per cent electrical load.
• The Shand CCS system would be designed without the requirement of additional water, mitigating a key constraint for thermal plant operation retrofits and expansions.
• At this site, up to 140,000 tonnes per year of fly ash would be saleable to the concrete market (subject to demand), which could offset emissions in concrete production. This equates to a potential net reduction of 125,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year resulting in a facility with net-negative CO₂ emissions.
• The Shand CCS project design capacity is nominally two million tonnes of CO₂ captured per year — twice the initial design capacity of BD3 (this economy of scale reduces costs).

Additional information:

• Read the Peer-Reviewed Results of the Shand CCS Feasibility Study (DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1989) accepted on April 21, 2020 and featured as a spotlight in the May 2020 Greenhouse Gases: Science And Technology Journal published online at Wiley Online Library 
• Read the Cost Reduction Potential for CCUS at Coal-Fired Power Plants. International CCS Knowledge Centre; Coal Industry Advisory Board (CIAB). [2019]
• Read What Others are Saying About the Shand Study

• Watch the Webinar: 'Shand CCS Feasibility Study: Second Generation CCS for the Globe and Multi-Sectors' presented in collaboration with the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN), on the necessity of large scale CCS to meaningfully reduce global CO2 emissions, specifically about the Shand Study.

• Read our Abstracts and Papers submitted in advance of GHGT-14 based on A Design for Second Generation CCS — The Shand CCS Feasibility Study 

* NOTE: All content created by the International CCS Knowledge Centre is subject to the Knowledge Centre's Open License.