Power plant · Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power Station
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power Station is a planned power plant in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, with 1,200 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Hydrogen Developments Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wakefield (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at and within the vicinity of the former Ferrybridge C Power Station Site, Kirkhaw Lane, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, West Yorkshire – within the administrative area of Metropolitan District of Wakefield, and a land corridor extending eastwards into the administrative area of North Yorkshire Council. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jun 2027 (ref. EN0110011, The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, June 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Hydrogen Developments Limited | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,200 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydrogen | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 594 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7161, -1.2796 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power Station is the 23rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 40th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,200 MW is 0.4% of the 300,661 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 | 23rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.64% |
| United Kingdom | 40th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.4% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 59th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.18% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 460 grid connections (222 operating, 2,427 MW), 383 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 1.2 MW grid connection at Smith Street | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Waste 77 MW grid connection at Ferrybridge Multifuel Direct | Grid connection | 77 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Kirkhaw Lane | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Waste 28 MW grid connection at Fryston Lane Direct | Grid connection | 28 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Ferrybridge A 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 21 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.