Natural Resources committee  If my understanding is correct, you are referring to post-combustion capture. Certain materials help absorb carbon dioxide and then release it. However, the technology you are referring to is used in the pulp and paper industry, that is on a much smaller scale than what is being

Natural Resources committee  I'd like to start, perhaps, and then you can continue, Graham. Many of the first applications of carbon dioxide capture and storage will be for use in enhanced oil recovery. What happens there is they're using the carbon dioxide to actually pressurize older wells and extract eve

Natural Resources committee  No, we are not familiar with that technology, but we will note that and look into it.

Natural Resources committee  We transport natural gas from all the way out in western Canada to eastern Canada. We're actually thinking of eventually using such an infrastructure to transport carbon dioxide, but the other way. I don't know of any limitations in terms of distance. These, of course, would have

Natural Resources committee  We have better coal technology than we have microphone technology, that's for sure. On the question about our technology, the answer is yes. We are right now at the forefront of this technology. We have been working on it with our industry for 13 years now. Although there are g

Natural Resources committee  As I mentioned a bit earlier, it is advantageous for Canada to be among the first countries to be working on this, because the export market is quite high--and China comes to mind, of course. The Chinese are going to be adding--I don't know--some 500 power stations in the next 20

Natural Resources committee  It's hard for me to comment on a specific plant, except to say that for all pollutants other than carbon dioxide it is possible to bring down the emissions. It is something each jurisdiction would have to look at. It's a trade-off. It would probably increase their rates; are th

Natural Resources committee  One of the problems with renewable energy sources, with the exception of hydroelectric power, is their variability. Wind energy and solar energy are examples of this. Power companies must have a base-production capacity in order to meet a certain demand for power at all times. Th

Natural Resources committee  Maybe I could just start by saying this is a relatively new field of research. Anybody who has coal is interested in it, so lots of countries are doing work right now in oxy-fuel and gasification and so on. For instance, if this feed study from SaskPower allows them to go forwa

Natural Resources committee  It would be the provinces and the federal government setting standards as to what the emissions ought to be. In my case, what I was referring to is zero emissions, so that should meet standards.

Natural Resources committee  Around 2012 to 2015.

Natural Resources committee  Up until the end of their useful lives. They typically have a 40-year useful life. Some of them will come due before that date, so utilities will have to make some decisions as to what they would like to use then.

Natural Resources committee  If they're going to be on, then they will continue operating as they are now.

Natural Resources committee  I want to point out that when we invest $5 million, that's just the federal share. In fact, we do a lot of this work with industry, and typically we never fund more than 50% of the cost. Sometimes it's one-third, sometimes it's up to 50%. It's deceptive to just look at the $5 mil

Natural Resources committee  I didn't understand the first part of your question.