Canadian province approves green hydrogen-ammonia project with 3 GW of wind

The local government of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has approved the Project Nujio’qonik developed by the renewable energy firm World Energy, which satisfied all the requirements of the environmental assessment act. The Nujio’qonik project is a commercial-scale wind-to-hydrogen plant for producing green hydrogen and ammonia. Once operational, the project is expected to produce about 250 kt/year of hydrogen using 1.5 GW electrolysers and more than 3 GW of wind projects. It is also expected to produce 1.2 Mt of green ammonia. The project will be developed in three phase, with the development of up to 2 GW of onshore wind (two wind projects, Port au Port and Codroy), a hydrogen processing facility in the Stephenville region and grid interconnections in the first phase. It is expected to produce nearly 400 kt of green ammonia for export to Europe. In a second phase, an additional wind project (1 GW) would be developed and the hydrogen power plant would be expanded. Further wind potential and hydrogen plant expansion will be considered in a third phase.

In February 2024, Export Development Canada (EDC), on behalf of the Government of Canada, and World Energy GH₂ signed definitive agreements in connection with a CAD 128m (US$95m) credit facility to support the development of Project Nujio'qonik through to the financial close of its long-term financing.