New Civic Arena and Events Centre
Construction on the new Civic Arena and Events
Centre started in the fall of 2009 and is expected to be complete
in December, 2010. The facility has received both provincial and
federal funding in the amount of $14 million and has been generously
supported with local contributions adding up to more than $7 million.
The new facility will provide total event-level occupancy of 3,664
and will feature a full service lounge overlooking the ice surface,
8 large dressing rooms, a recessed ice surface, a 2 lane recessed
and rubberized walking track and will make use of state of the art
energy efficiency design and operating systems, including large
glazed windows for use of natural light.
Energy Training Institute
Construction on the new 40,000 square foot Energy Training Institute
is to begin in the spring of 2010 and is expected to be complete
in March of 2011. The facility will house 10 classrooms, 2 laboratories
and a large indoor shop. The Energy Training Institute was established
as a unique business division of Southeast Regional College, in
an effort to keep pace with the ever expanding training needs of
the energy industry. To meet this demand, ETI provides a diverse
variety of technical, environmental, and safety-related courses.
The new facility is expected to train in excess of 6,000 oilfield
workers from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the northern United States
per year.
Boundary Dam Clean Coal Demonstration Project
SaskPower is currently examining the feasibility of creating the
worlds first near-zero emissions pulverized clean coal plant. It
will be designed to capture at least 90% of the CO2 produced. This
plant would allow the corporation to continue taking advantage of
the province’s 300-year supply of minable lignite coal, meet
or better all Canadian environmental regulations and capture greenhouse
gas emissions. The potential project would involve the design and
development of a $1.4 billion, 300 megawatt clean coal plant that
would capture about 8,000 tonnes of CO2 per day. The design team
is also exploring options to store the emissions underground, including
the potential for enhanced oil recovery. A final decision is expected
in December, 2010.
