CBC新闻转接，原文链接：http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskpower-looking-for-help-to-fix-high-cost-boundary-dam-carbon-capture-flaw-1.4680993

Crown corporation put out a tender for engineering help as current situation is 'not economically sustainable'.

由于目前的情况“经济不可持续性”，Crown公司对工程援助进行招标。

Geoff Leo · CBC News · Posted: May 28, 2018 4:07 PM CT 

Geoff Leo·CBC新闻·发布时间：2018年5月28日下午4:07 CT 

SaskPower is looking for outside help to fix a costly and unexpected problem with its carbon capture system and Boundary Dam. (CBC)

SaskPower正在寻求外部帮助，以解决其碳捕获系统和边界坝的昂贵和意想不到的问题。（CBC）

SaskPower is looking for an engineering firm that can help solve an unexpected problem with the carbon capture plant at its Boundary Dam facility. It's a problem that's forcing SaskPower into a "high cost" temporary fix that is "not economically sustainable."

SaskPower正在寻找一家工程公司，该工程公司可以帮助解决边界大坝工厂碳捕集工厂出现的意外问题。 这个问题正在迫使SaskPower成为“经济上不可持续”的“高成本”项目。

Earlier this year, SaskPower put out a tender looking for a company that can "provide detailed engineering service for the thermal reclaimer unit at Boundary Dam Carbon Capture facility."

今年早些时候，SaskPower公司进行招标，寻找一家公司，该公司可以为边界大坝碳捕集设施的热回收装置提供详细的工程服务。

The thermal reclaimer purifies amine solution, a substance critical to the carbon capture process. Amine solution is used "to strip carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide from coal emissions," explained SaskPower president Mike Marsh in a December 2016 blog post.

热量回收机提纯胺溶液，这是一种对碳捕获过程至关重要的物质。 SaskPower总裁Mike Marsh在2016年12月的博客文章中解释说，胺溶液被用于“从煤炭排放物中去除二氧化碳和二氧化硫”。

SaskPower CEO Mike Marsh acknowledges the crown corporation has spent millions more than expected because of problems with its carbon capture technology. (CBC)

SaskPower首席执行官Mike Marsh承认，由于碳捕集技术存在问题，皇冠公司花费了数百万美元。（CBC）

The thermal reclaimer cleans the amine solution so it can be reused.

热量回收机清洗胺溶液，以便可以重复使用。

However, a report prepared for SaskPower says the amine solution has been degrading at a significantly higher rate than predicted by the technology licenser.

然而，为SaskPower准备的报告称，胺溶液的降解速度远远高于技术许可人所预测的速率。

That's where the extra cost comes in. The thermal reclaimer just can't keep up.

这就是额外成本的来源。热能回收机无法跟上。

"Currently, mobile reclaiming units are being used at high cost to increase reclaiming capacity," the report says. "This approach is, however, not economically sustainable."

报告称：“目前，移动回收装置正在以高成本使用，以提高回收能力。” “然而，这种方法在经济上不具可持续性。”

Temporary fix costing millions

临时修复花费数百万美元

In a blog post, SaskPower said for the 2015 and 2016 years it was planning to spend $17 million on amine maintenance but ended up spending almost double that — $32 million. It estimated it would spend another $15 million in 2017.

在一篇博客文章中，SaskPower表示，在2015年和2016年，它计划花费1700万美元用于胺类维护，但最终支出几乎翻了一番--3200万美元。预计2017年它将再花费1500万美元。

CBC asked SaskPower for an update on what this problem has cost the company but it didn't respond.

CBC向SaskPower询问有关该问题导致该公司成本的更新情况，但没有回应。

CBC also asked SaskPower if it will be trying to recover costs from the technology licensor Cansolv, which is owned by Shell Canada.

CBC还询问SaskPower是否会试图从加拿大壳牌拥有的技术许可人Cansolv收回成本。

"There is an ongoing dispute resolution process," the company said in an email. "We will decline to comment further on the specifics of this issue."

该公司在一封电子邮件中称，“目前正在进行纠纷解决流程。 “我们将拒绝就这个问题的具体问题进一步发表评论。”

In an email, a spokesperson for Shell Canada said this project is "the first commercial scale post-combustion carbon capture system at a coal-fired power plant in the world," and "It is not unusual for there to be a learning curve with first of a kind projects." 

加拿大壳牌发言人在一封电子邮件中称，该项目是“世界上第一个商业规模的燃煤电厂燃烧后碳捕获系统”，“首先是一种项目。“

"Shell Cansolv is working very closely with SaskPower to address the challenge, optimize operations and capture any lessons that may be applied to improve the project," the email said. 

“壳牌Cansolv正在与SaskPower紧密合作，应对挑战，优化运营并捕获可能用于改进项目的任何课程，”该电子邮件称。

SaskPower said it's seeking outside engineering help because "this work is highly specialized."

SaskPower表示正在寻求外部工程帮助，因为“这项工作非常专业。”

"We have some capacity for this chemical work internally and want to see the options and costs available externally."

“我们有一些内部化学工作的能力，并希望看到外部可用的选项和成本。”