Buckeye prioritises hydrogen at Point Tupper
Bear Head Clean Energy and new owner Buckeye Partners will site as an $850mn green hydrogen and ammonia hub instead of an LNG export terminal, the project’s COO tells Hydrogen Economist
When Houston-based midstream oil company Buckeye Partners announced its intention in early May to buy Canadian developer Bear Head Clean Energy, many analysts expected it to move forward with Bear Head’s existing plans for an LNG export project at Point Tupper in Nova Scotia. But on completing the acquisition last month, Buckeye said the project would instead focus on the development of green hydrogen and ammonia production, storage and export. This was despite Bear Head LNG being the only project in eastern Canada to have obtained all necessary federal, provincial and local regulatory approvals and permits for construction. Hydrogen Economist spoke to Paul MacLean, the project’s COO and cou
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