Pincher Creek may see new energy plant

Captus Generation is looking to build a natural gas-firing plant with incorporated carbon capture and sequestration in the MD of Pincher Creek. The hub would be constructed on land purchased in Division 1 of the MD of Pincher Creek, situated directly above a depleted natural gas reservoir with wells travelling over three kilometres below the ground. Captus Generation is a new company, established in December as a subsidiary of BTG Energy, a Calgary-based gas-firing energy company, with a plant e