Joan Baxter reports on EverWind Fuels plans to build Canada's biggest wind farm in eastern Nova Scotia—404 turbines covering more than 64,000 hectares of Nova Scotia’s Crown land— with plans for a hydrogen and ammonia plant in Cape Breton. EverWind's proposed Guysborough wind project and Bear Head Energy's next door wind project have raised local concerns about their environmental impacts and loopholes and weaknesses in Nova Scotia's environmental assessment process.

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Steve Hart of Green Nova Scotia First voices concerns about EverWind’s wind farm for hydrogen production plans. Read more in the Daily Guardian's republishing of Heidi Petracek's Global News report.

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Nova Scotia plans to build Canada's largest wind farm to power North America's first green hydrogen facility, not to power the province. Compared to fossil fuels, green hydrogen is seen as an environmentally friendly fuel. Experts, however, say there are cheaper and greener alternatives, as Global's Heidi Petracek reports.

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John Woodside for the National Observer reports that the Canadian Gas Association, a fossil fuel lobby group, is under investigation for alleged greenwashing. The fossil fuel industry has secured favourable tax credits and a role for natural gas-derived hydrogen in Canada's energy transition. The federal government has introduced several initiatives to grow the hydrogen sector. These initiatives include an investment tax credit for "clean" hydrogen, a carbon capture and storage tax credit, and a Clean Fuels Fund. Supporters argue that hydrogen can be used in various industries to reduce emissions. Critics believe it is a delay tactic used by the fossil fuel industry. Environmentalists argue that the federal hydrogen strategy undermines Canada’s hydrogen ambitions by not addressing its dependence on fossil fuels.

Little is known about hydrogen as a green energy carrier and the environmental and climate impacts of hydrogen emissions. The project HYDROGEN is led by CICERO Center for International Climate Research and financed by the Research Council of Norway. Learn more about the project's goals and its aim to look at both the advantages and the disadvantages of transitioning to a hydrogen economy.

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For a May 2023 online workshop, chemical engineer Paul Martin—co-founder of the Hydrogen Science Coalition—presents on the topic “What is Hydrogen’s Role in the Energy Transition?” The voluntary group of independent academics, scientists and engineers who aim to bring an evidence-based viewpoint to the hydrogen debate.

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