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SaskPower is putting its "clean-coal" project on the back burner, opting for more conventional and cheaper natural gas-fired generation, wind power and conservation to meet the province's electricity needs to 2014, according to a local report.

SaskPower Minister John Nilson told a news conference Thursday the 300-MW thermal generating station -- the first of its kind in the world -- could not be built in time to meet rising electricity demands at a competitive cost.

Instead of the clean-coal plant, which was initially estimated to cost $1.5 billion but had increased to about $3.8 billion recently, SaskPower will spend $525 million to install 400 MW of natural gas turbines over the next five years.

In addition, 100 MW of wind power will be added by 2012, as well as 50 MW of waste heat recovery projects and 20 MW of biomass by 2010.

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