Tag: hydrogen

This article examines how Germany and Britain continue to shape Newfoundland’s energy future through hydrogen agreements, corporate projects, financial markets, and historical precedents. Germany’s hydrogen alliance and EU timelines push Newfoundland into serving European demand, while Britain’s legacy runs from BRINCO and Churchill Falls to London bond markets and oil ventures like BP and Nu Oil. Together, they reveal the local paradox: decisions made abroad, staged consultations at home, and a province locked into global strategies with little real sovereignty. Read More...

Newfoundland keeps cycling back to “the next big project” because of path dependency (how ideas, institutions, goals, and infrastructure lock in repetition) and soft budget constraints (bailouts that reward risk). Muskrat Falls shows the pattern: a 2005 cable promised 2015 power, but delivery came nearly a decade late at double the cost—while dissent like Brad Cabana’s was sidelined. The new Churchill Falls MOU repeats the trap: external leverage, political optics, and deferred accountability, unless governance reforms and hard budget rules break the cycle. Read More...