Some proponents of big hydrogen energy projects are putting the brakes on their plans, but not North Atlantic. It’s full speed ahead for their proposal to build a wind farm, road network and hydrogen plant in the Sunnyside/Come by Chance area.

The company plans to develop a 324 MW wind farm with 45 turbines and a plant capable of producing 30,000 tonnes of hydrogen. The water supply will come from Inkster’s Pond.

Some 1200 jobs would be created during the construction phase of the project, which would cost about $1.75-billion.

Some other projects, such as the one on the Port au Port Peninsula, are either dead or dying because of the economics but North Atlantic insists its undertaking represents an opportunity to produce economically viable green hydrogen for export.

North Atlantic, which is based in St. John’s, acquired the Gravenchon Refinery in France last fall, and is looking at the potential of using energy from Newfoundland/Labrador to replace some of the grey hydrogen used at that facility.

Final decisions on the Come by Chance/Sunnyside project are expected by the last quarter of this year.