Queen Elizabeth Power Station
| Queen Elizabeth Power Station | |
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 Location of Queen Elizabeth Power Station in Saskatchewan
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| Country | Canada |
| Location | 2211 Spadina Crescent West Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 52°5′43″N 106°42′22″W / 52.09528°N 106.70611°WCoordinates: 52°5′43″N 106°42′22″W / 52.09528°N 106.70611°W |
| Status | Active |
| Commission date | 1959 |
| Owner(s) | SaskPower |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural Gas |
| Type | Steam turbine |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 430 MW |
Queen Elizabeth Power Station is a natural gas-fired station owned by SaskPower, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station was called the South Saskatchewan River Generating Station until it was commissioned in 1959 by Queen Elizabeth II when the name was changed.
The Queen Elizabeth Power Station consists of:
Boilers were supplied by FW, Babcock & Wilcox, and Innovative Steam Technologies; while the turbines were supplied by Brown, Boveri & Cie, English Electric and Hitachi Canadian Industries.
The site of the power plant was the scene of racially motivated misconduct at the hand of the Saskatoon Police Department, in what became known as "Starlight Tours".
On the frigid morning of January 28, 2000, after being dumped in the outskirts of Saskatoon by members of the Saskatoon Police Service, Darrell Night - an Aboriginal man - managed to hike over a mile in order to find refuge at the Queen Elizabeth Power Station. Later that same day, the frozen body of an aboriginal man identified as Rodney Steven Naistus, was found in the vicinity of the power plant by Saskatoon MLA Pat Lorje while out on a morning jog.
Night's allegations of misconduct, along with the grizzly discovery of Nadius, sparked an investigation into the discriminatory treatment of Aboriginal people in Saskatoon at the hands of the city's police service.
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