Company leading the project expects plant to produce electricity in two-and-a-half years
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Kirsten Marcia, president and CEO of DEEP Earth Energy
Production Corp., and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau both made announcements
regarding a geothermal power plant in Saskatchewan. (Kendall Latimer/CBC)
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A geothermal power plant near Estevan, Sask. is moving onto the next phase after a test that saw the deepest well in Saskatchewan history successfully drilled.
The second phase involves having a production well and an injection well running in a loop to help determine the next stage of drilling and other aspects of the plant, according to Kirsten Marcia, president and CEO of DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp.
The test well is 3,530 metres (11,581 feet) deep and was drilled without any safety or environmental incidents, according to a news release by DEEP.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday — the day after Trudeau held a town hall meeting at the University of Regina — that the federal government will be providing $25.6 million to the project, almost half of the $51.3 million cost.