Soaking up the sun to reduce emissions

In April 2025, SaskEnergy completed work on our eighth solar array installation, two years after the first large-scale solar power system was installed at one of our Town Border Stations in Regina.

With all eight sites up and running, SaskEnergy has been turning the warmth of the sun into electricity —  an important part of our plan to reduce the emissions from our operations by 25 per cent by 2030 (from 2019 levels).

“These installations are a great example of putting our commitment to reducing emissions from operations into action,” says Jayson Domingo with SaskEnergy’s Environment and Sustainability team. “These systems help decrease electricity costs at the sites, as well as lower our electricity-related emissions, which is one of the focus areas of our roadmap to achieving our target.”

SaskEnergy now has installations of various sizes at two Town Border Stations in Regina, one in Saskatoon, at our Swift Current office, and at compressor stations in Asquith, Moosomin, Rosetown and Success.

Output at each site varies due to the number of panels installed and, of course, the weather. In 2025, the sites combined to achieve the same environmental benefit as planting 7,500 trees!

“We may live in a place that has really cold winters, but we are blessed with lots of sunshine and clear skies, which is great for solar installations,” says project manager Kim Brogden. “The results we’re already seeing are very exciting and all the teams involved have taken away some really valuable learnings.”

Throughout the installations, teams across SaskEnergy collaborated closely with local and Indigenous contractors, specialty engineering firms and, of course, SaskPower.

"We’ve learned a lot about the type of site that works best for these installations,” says Travis Mayer, an Engineering Specialist with SaskEnergy’s Electrical Engineering team. “Connecting to the power grid at this scale is complex, so collaboration with everyone involved was really key to successful installations.”

Now that all installations and commissioning are completed, Jason and our Environment and Sustainability team will continue to track and monitor the performance of the solar arrays.