The Globe and Mail reports in is Monday edition that Boston-based World Energy LLC has secured the land for the initial phases of a green energy project in Newfoundland and has secured several rounds of funding to build three wind farms and a hydrogen processing plant in and around Stephenville, Nfld., 750 kilometres west of St. John's. In a Globe special, Diane Peters writes that hydrogen will be converted into ammonia and shipped overseas for the likes of retrofitted coal plants, or sold to local businesses. The company claims it will be the first commercial green hydrogen/ammonia producer in the country. "Things are moving quickly," says Sean Leet, managing director and chief executive officer of World Energy GH2, which has plans to generate hydrogen by 2025, ramping up to produce 250,000 tonnes a year. Edmonton Transit Service's electric buses saw 23-per-cent range reduction in winter, hence its piloting the use of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered bus. Canada is already a hydrogen player, with world-leading fuel-cell maker Ballard Power Systems. HTEC, also of Vancouver, specializes in hydrogen-powered transportation and has plans to build production facilities. It has been granted $16.5-million from the province.