# SaskPower to build 350MW Chinook gas-fired power plant in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) plans to build the 350MW Chinook combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant near Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. The $680 million project will use Siemens turbines and is expected to start construction in 2017 and operations in late 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-04-09
- Where: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Value: $680.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: Q4 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 350 MW
- Products: electricity
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Saskatchewan Power Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/23478.md)
- [Siemens](https://endata.com/companies/301.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [power-technology.com](https://www.power-technology.com/projects/chinook-power-station-saskatchewan/), 2017-04-09: "Estimated to cost $680m, the project is anticipated to provide clean electricity to approximately 300,000 homes."

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