Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore - Hydrogen Plant
The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore - Hydrogen Plant is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3,000 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore, AB51 | 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 | 24 Jun 2025 (permit APP/2024/1604, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Oct 2024 (reference APP/2024/1604, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jun 2025 (granted, reference APP/2024/1604, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3,000 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 | 57.2386, -2.3419 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2024/1604)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2024/1604)
How it compares
The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore - Hydrogen Plant is the 3rd-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 4th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3,000 MW is 1.1% of the 279,978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3rd of 742 | 93,216 MW | 3.2% |
| United Kingdom | 4th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 1.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 8th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | 0.47% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 147 grid connections (64 operating, 460 MW), 84 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torryburn Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Kintore BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Thainstone Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Fordtown Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Kintore GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Kemnay Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 15 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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.