World Energy GH2 announced that the company has submitted an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Project Nujio’qonik. This submission marks the first comprehensive environmental study in North America for a commercial-scale green H₂ project.

Project Nujio’qonik is planned to be constructed on the west coast of Newfoundland and Labrador and will be one of the world’s first wind-to-green-H₂ projects at scale with production coming online starting in 2025. Completion of the project’s initial stages will provide an immediate impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction efforts on a global scale. The initial stages of the project will offset ~850,000 tpy of CO₂ emissions based on displacing the equivalent amount of energy generated from coal.

Qalipu First Nation, a key partner in the project, also participated in the Environmental Assessment process through multiple consultations, and by conducting a Traditional Land and Resource Use Study amongst members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Mi’kmaq community.

Sean Leet, Managing Director and CEO of World Energy GH2, said this EIS is a key milestone for Project Nujio’qonik. “Over the past few months, we’ve achieved several key milestones for Project Nujio’qonik,” said Leet. “We acquired the Port of Stephenville, a key asset for the production and shipping of green H₂ and green ammonia and closed a $50-MM investment with our newest partner, SK ecoplant, marking the first overseas investment in a Canadian green H₂ project.”

“We successfully completed the first phase of the province’s Crown lands bidding process and made major strides towards completing our Pre-FEED (initial phase of front-end engineering and design) and we have now submitted a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement. We look forward to the province announcing its decision regarding the final phase of the Crown lands bidding process at the end of this month, and to the province’s response to our EIS submission later this fall.”

John Risley, Chairman of World Energy GH2, says this is an important milestone in the development of Project Nujio’qonik and in the launch of a new industry. “As we work to stand up a new, clean, renewable energy industry in Atlantic Canada, this is an important step in our progress,” said Risley. “Signs of climate change are all around us. Atlantic Canada is ideally situated to be part of the solution, and we need to develop green energy solutions now. Our project is on track to produce initial quantities of green H₂ in 2025, so Canada has the opportunity to be a first-mover and to become a globally important producer, consumer and exporter of green energy. The world desperately needs clean, green energy, and we’re working to make that a reality here in Atlantic Canada.”