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widely recognized by industry experts. Over the last three and a half years, we’ ve permitted approximately 500 megawatts of wind energy across multiple sites in Nova Scotia. That lays the groundwork for a robust and scalable renewable energy project that supports our hydrogen and ammonia production goals. At the same time, we secured North America’ s first environmental approval for a large-scale hydrogen and ammonia production facility, cementing our position as a leader in the field.”
The wind power aspect is vital for EverWind’ s green hydrogen and green ammonia as to meet the strict definitions of green fuels, including those set by the European Commission for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin( RFNBO) they must be produced using new renewable energy and achieve a greenhouse gas emissions intensity reduction of at least 70 percent in order to be certified as RFNBO-compliant. However, EverWind is planning to go above and beyond this decarbonization target. Hydrogen produced using fossil fuels today generates between 10-12 kilograms of carbon dioxide for every kilogram of hydrogen extracted. EverWind’ s green hydrogen production will reduce that by over 99 per cent. EverWind is among the first projects to be pre-certified by a third-party auditor to meet these requirements.
“ We’ ve also secured approval for a twogigawatt transmission line across the Strait of Canso to deliver renewable energy directly to our site,” confirms Trent. These wind farms will connect directly to EverWind’ s Point Tupper facility, providing the renewable energy needed to produce green hydrogen and ammonia for export to international markets, as well as for domestic use.
“ We’ ve completed the front-end engineering design for our hydrogen and ammonia project and secured offtake term sheets with major international players,” he continues.“ Today, we’ re proud to lead the development of Canada’ s green hydrogen economy; we’ re working with communities, our Indigenous partners, government, and industry to ensure this transition creates real benefits locally while supporting decarbonization efforts around the world.”
EverWind Pride, one of EverWind’ s three new tugboats
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