{"id":3381,"date":"2023-06-05T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2023\/06\/05\/canadian-energy-firm-acquires-key-hydrogen-port\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:04:09","slug":"canadian-energy-firm-acquires-key-hydrogen-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/canadian-energy-firm-acquires-key-hydrogen-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian energy firm acquires key hydrogen port"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Energy GH2 has acquired the Port of Stephenville&nbsp;which is a key asset in Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s&nbsp;first green hydrogen development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProject Nujio\u2019qonik will be the first project in the country to produce hydrogen and&nbsp;ammonia from renewable wind energy at scale, so we can make good on Canada\u2019s&nbsp;promise to Germany by 2025,\u201d said&nbsp;John Risley, chairman of World Energy GH2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur port and our project will serve as a&nbsp;catalyst for other green hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada and beyond. This isn\u2019t just about our project or our region;&nbsp;this is about an entire industry, and Canada\u2019s responsibility to manage a timely and&nbsp;effective energy transition that will create opportunities and prosperity for generations to&nbsp;come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategic acquisition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of the port is an important step toward the shipping of green hydrogen&nbsp;and green ammonia to global markets.<\/p>\n<p>In order to fulfil the August 23, 2022 Canada Germany Hydrogen Alliance, Project Nujio\u2019qonik aims to produce green hydrogen in&nbsp;2025.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, several key pieces of the agreement have&nbsp;come together, including the partnership agreement with SK ecoplant, marking the first&nbsp;overseas investment in a Canadian green hydrogen project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Operating under contract with World Energy GH2, Horizon Maritime Services will manage the Port of Stephenville to follow protocols from leading European ports to ensure&nbsp;robust international safety standards for the safe shipping of green ammonia.<\/p>\n<p>World Energy GH2 plans to begin site preparation for construction of the green&nbsp;hydrogen plant following environmental approvals and permitting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian renewable energy provider acquired a port\u00a0as a key piece of infrastructure\u00a0to advance green energy projects\u00a0in\u00a0Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,46],"tags":[1046,107,1048,120,36,1049,327,1047,9,181],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-acquisition","tag-canada","tag-energy-hub","tag-europe","tag-green-hydrogen","tag-hydrogen-alliance","tag-infrastructure","tag-port-of-stephenville","tag-ports","tag-renewable-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}