Power plant · Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Trafford Park, Carrington - Green Hydrogen Facility
Trafford Park, Carrington - Green Hydrogen Facility is a planned hydroelectric power plant in Trafford, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Carlton Power.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Trafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Power Station, 132 Manchester Road, Carrington, Manchester, M31 4AY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Sept 2025 (reference 117384/RES/25, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Carlton Power (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 53.4327, -2.4061 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Trafford, reference 117384/RES/25)
How it compares
Trafford Park, Carrington - Green Hydrogen Facility is the 681st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,135th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 681st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,135th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,366th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 362 substations, 355 grid connections (195 operating, 1,816 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington BSP BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Carrington GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Carrington Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Manchester Road Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| NWGB Partington | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Carrington Paper Mill grid connection | Grid connection | 37.5 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Operator and place
More from Carlton Power
- Barrow in Furness - Barrow Green Hydrogen Hub35 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.