Suncor submits applications to replace coke-fired boilers with 2 cogeneration plants

Canadian fossil energy company Suncor has launched applications with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) to replace coke-fired boilers with two cogeneration units at its oil sands Base Plant, which will add 700 MW of oil sands cogeneration. The plants will serve two purposes: providing steam needed for its operations, and generating 700 MW of electricity that will be sold to the provincial grid – the equivalent of roughly 7% of Alberta's current electricity demand.