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Extracts rom the website accessed Nov 25, 2025:
– “Our project atPoint Tupper: A best-in-class green energy platform, our project in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia is on track to become Atlantic Canada’s first green ammonia production facility in 2026, unlocking the potential of Nova Scotia’s green economy.
– First in Atlantic Canada: Our Point Tupper project will be the first to produce green hydrogen, establishing Nova Scotia as a green energy leader. We’ve received the first environmental assessment approval in North America and are the only project in the Western Hemisphere to have completed FEED engineering.
– Certified Green: Our green hydrogen and green ammonia will meet the strict definitions of green fuels, including those set by the European Commission for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO). These fuels must be produced using new renewable energy and achieve a greenhouse gas emissions intensity reduction of at least 70% in order to be certified as RFNBO-compliant. We are among the first projects to be pre-certified by a third-party auditor to meet these requirements.
– Point Tupper project phases (see website for details)
Phase 1:Green ammonia from onshore wind and solarOperational 2026
Phase 2: Onshore windOperational 2027/28
Phase 3: Green fuels from offshore wind 2030 (In development)
– First Nation partnerships. Cited:
”Bayside Corporate (Paqtnkek Mikmaq Nation), Membertou Mi’kmaw Nation, Potlotek Mi’kmaw Nation
– Community Support. Cited:
Town of Port Hawkesbury, Municipality Guysborough District, Richmond County
– EverWind Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project – Phase 1
NS Gov EA Document
“DESCRIPTION: On 9 December 2022, EverWind Fuels Company, registered the EverWind Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project – Phase 1 for environmental assessment (EA), in accordance with Part IV of the Environment Act.
“The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to develop and operate a Certified Green energy hydrogen and ammonia production facility on an industrial property situated along the Strait of Canso near Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton. The green ammonia produced and sold is expected to be transported internationally for use in decarbonizing various industrial processes, including the production of ammonia-based fertilizer. The Project intends to begin construction in Spring 2023.
“Minister’s Decision On 7 February 2023, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change released a decision (PDF) concerning the review of the Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project – Phase 1. The Minister has decided to approve the undertaking in accordance with Section 13(1)b of the Environmental Assessment Regulations, pursuant to Part IV of the Environment Act. The undertaking has been approved subject to a number of conditions (PDF).”
See results of Google Search for “EverWind Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project”
Independent Study Confirms EverWind’s Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Project Can Cut Global Emissions by 500,000 Tonnes Per Year
Ever Wind Press Release, Aug 19, 2025, on ibftoday.ca “EverWind has released the results of an independent greenhouse gas assessment that confirms its Point Tupper Green Fuels Project can deliver major global climate benefits.The study, conducted by Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors, validates that the project can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by replacing conventional, fossil fuel-based ammonia with green ammonia (as described below). Over the life of the project, this represents 15 million tonnes of avoided emissions over the facility’s 30-year operational lifespan.The Point Tupper Green Fuels Project is expected to begin construction in 2026. It will produce 240,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually using new wind and solar generation capacity, incremental to Nova Scotia’s current installed wind power. Green ammonia is created from green hydrogen, which is produced using renewable electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then combined with nitrogen from the air. This process eliminates the fossil fuels used in conventional ammonia production, which relies on natural gas or coal…”
EverWind’s ‘green hydrogen’ math rests on double-counting carbon reductions, alleges greenwashing complaint
Joan Baxter in the Hfx Examiner Aug 27, 2025. Intro in Morning File
Writes Tim Bousquet in Morning File (extracts):
“Joan Baxter reports that Kristen Overmyer, an engineer, has filed a greenwashing complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau about the alleged double-counting of carbon credits that is foundational to making EverWind’s ‘green hydrogen’ project financially viable for the company.
“…Overmyer says that newly proposed European Union (EU) regulations will, if enacted, disallow “power purchase agreements (PPAs) that permit electricity from grids to produce ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia, if those grids are not 100% powered by renewables.”
“In EverWind’s case, the proposal is to generate renewable power with three giant wind farms that will dump that electricity onto the Nova Scotia Power grid, and then Nova Scotia Power will deliver an equivalent amount of electricity to EverWind’s Point Tupper plant, where it will be used to produce ‘green’ hydrogen, which will then be super-cooled to ammonia and exported to Germany. Once in Germany, the ammonia will be heated back up to hydrogen and burned in power plants to generate electricity for the German power grid.
“…If I can oversimplify that, the gist of it is that the wind power generated in Nova Scotia will be counted towards Nova Scotia Power’s mandated goals of using a certain percentage of renewable power on the Nova Scotia grid, then, via the hydrogen-to-ammonia-to-hydrogen again scheme, the very same wind power generated in Nova Scotia will again be counted towards the mandated goals of using a certain percentage of renewable power on the German grid.
“That is, EverWind’s business case depends on double-counting the same carbon credits.”
From Joan Baxter:
…”Kristen Overmyer has a masters degree in mechanical engineering, and he runs a website called “Get Green Right.” Overmyer is concerned about greenwashing, and poorly informed decisions that could actually impair rather than help efforts to tackle the climate crisis.
“Overmyer, who lives in Nova Scotia, has been studying EverWind’s claims carefully, and also looking closely at the regulations in Europe that govern what hydrogen and ammonia can be considered “green.”…”
“On August 18, Overmyer submitted an official “greenwashing” complaint against EverWind to Canada’s Competition Bureau. He has yet to receive a reply.”