An increased demand for electricity and heightened environmental awareness has created an opportunity for independent power producers to contribute to the electric grid by developing new alternative energy generating facilities.

NRGreen Power, an entity related to Alliance Pipeline, is recovering and converting waste heat at compressor stations along its 2988 kilometre (1857 mile) natural gas pipeline system and generating it into electricity.

NRGreen Power, under a long-term (20-year) power agreement with SaskPower, is constructing four waste heat recovery units in Saskatchewan. Each of the four units will produce 5 megawatts of power – enough energy to power the equivalent of approximately 5,000 homes.