Poplar River Power Station

Poplar River Power Station is a coal fired station owned by SaskPower, located near Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 8 kilometres from the Canada–US border.

Poplar River Power Station
CountryCanada
LocationHart Butte No. 11, near Coronach, Saskatchewan
Coordinates49°3′28″N 105°29′05″W
StatusOperational
Commission date1981
Owner(s)SaskPower
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal (Lignite)
Turbine technologySteam turbine
Power generation
Nameplate capacity630 Gross MW

The project to build the station was launched in the fall of 1974, with the Morrison Dam being constructed between 1975 and 1977 to provide cooling water for the station. Work on the power house began in 1975.[1] The single stack is 122 meters (400 ft) in height. The lignite used to power the station is supplied from the Luscar Mining Poplar River Coal Mine.

Description

The Poplar River Power Station consists of:[2]

  • one 291 net MW unit (commissioned in 1981)
  • one 291 net MW unit (commissioned in 1983)

The boilers are supplied by Combustion Engineering and Babcock & Wilcox. The turbines and generators are supplied by Hitatchi.[3]

The power station was originally planned to have four 300MW units. One of the limiting factors in building a power station of that size was the water supply. To obtain enough water for four generating units, SaskPower was considering diverting other water sources towards the East Fork of the Poplar River from as far away as Lake Diefenbaker.[4]

SaskPower's Emissions Control Research Facility (ECRF)

The SaskPower's Emissions Control Research Facility (ECRF), is located at the Poplar River Power Station, and has the mandate to evaluates various technologies for controlling emissions. The station has been instrumented to provide real-time sampling of flue-gasses. The ECRF facility was decommissioned in 2019.[5]

References
  1. Plant Description Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Plant Description Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Coal Fired Power Plants in Canada - Power Plants Around the World Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
  4. Schleyer, Ronald J. (October 6, 1976). "The Transboundary Effect: Safeguarding the Poplar River in Montana" (PDF). Montana State Legislature. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  5. Plant Description Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine


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