Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Aldbrough Hydrogen Pathfinder - Electrolytic Hydrogen Facility
Aldbrough Hydrogen Pathfinder - Electrolytic Hydrogen Facility is a permitted power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Enterprise Contracting.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sse Hornsea Limited, Gas Storage Facility, Garton Road, Hull, HU11 4QB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 25 Apr 2025 (permit 24/02391/STPLFE, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Oct 2024 (reference 24/02391/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Apr 2025 (granted, reference 24/02391/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Enterprise Contracting | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydrogen | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8018, -0.0792 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 24/02391/STPLFE)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 24/02391/STPLFE)
How it compares
Aldbrough Hydrogen Pathfinder - Electrolytic Hydrogen Facility is the 938th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,489th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 938th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,489th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,772nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 202 grid connections (101 operating, 1,778 MW), 97 substations, 1 gas storage facility and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 50 MW grid connection at Aldbrough Gas Caverns Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Burton Pidsea | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Biomass 22 MW grid connection at Tansterne Generation | Grid connection | 22 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Solar 35 MW grid connection at Daisy Hill Farm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Ellifoot Lane | Substation | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Ottringham Road | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 22 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.