Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station)
Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) is a power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 22 MW of capacity, operated by Solar 21.
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 | Land at Tansterne Grange, Tansterne Lane, East Riding Of Yorkshire, HU11 4 RD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2018 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 5 Feb 2016 (permit 15/03102/STREM, 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 | 8 Oct 2015 (reference 15/03102/STREM, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Feb 2016 (granted, reference 15/03102/STREM, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Solar 21 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8199, -0.1431 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 15/03102/STREM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 15/03102/STREM)
How it compares
Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) is the 535th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 997th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 535th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 997th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,625th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 215 grid connections (110 operating, 1,839 MW), 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass 22 MW grid connection at Tansterne Generation | Grid connection | 22 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 4.2 km |
| Gas 50 MW grid connection at Aldbrough Gas Caverns Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 4.5 km |
| Aldbrough Road grid connection | Grid connection | 8.2 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Burton Pidsea | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Ellifoot Lane | Substation | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Holderness | Substation | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 18 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
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