Today at Chugai Technos headquarters in Japan, SaskPower, Premier Brad Wall, K-Coal, and Chugai-technos signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding a leading-edge ground CO2 monitoring system on carbon capture and storage.
SaskPower, the Provincial Government of Saskatchewan, and the Federal Government of Canada have invested $1.24 billion to rebuild Boundary Dam Power Station generating Unit #3 for integration with the newly constructed carbon capture facility. This facility will capture approximately 1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, which will be sold to Cenovus Energy, a Canadian oil company. Any surplus tonnage of the captured CO2 will be injected into a saline aquifer nearby.
Along with K-Coal, Chugai Technos’ future role in the carbon capture and storage area is to establish the world’s first monitoring system that allows access to the condition of the ground CO2 concentration at a carbon capture storage site. Prototypes of a CO2 ground leakage monitoring system provided by Chugai Technos are going to be deployed at several locations on site.
The monitoring system will provide stability, cost effectiveness, higher reliability, feasibility of continuous measurement on a large scale, and user accessibility, which is a benefit to support the public acceptance of carbon capture and storage technology.
Attendees are;
-Canada: Premier of Saskatchewan Mr. Brad Wall, Saskatchewan Int'l Relations Director Renata Bereziuk, Ass. Deputy Minister Kari Harvey, SaskPower CCS President Mr. Michael Monea.
-Korea: K-Coal President Mr. Makino Eiichiro, Busan City Council Vice-Chairman Mr. Lee Hae-Dong,
-Japan: Hiroshima Prefectural Goveror Mr. Yuzaki Hidehiko, Hiroshima government Chief Examiner Mr. Nakanishi Hidenori.
Chugai Technos President Mr.Katsuhiro Fukuma, Managing Director Mr. Satoshi Fukuma, etc,
