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Dorset Green H2
Public information about this hydrogen project, including status, location, and technical detail.
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StatusConceptEarlier record
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CountryUnited KingdomConfidence: Reported
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Capacity0.87 MWEarlier record
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Original source not yet verified
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Project Identity and Location
Public NameDorset Green H2Confidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Site NameCanford Resource Park / Whites PitConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Administrative AreaDorsetConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Project Purpose and Configuration
Carbon Reductiondecarbonisation of regional energy supply and reduced fossil-fuel relianceConfidence: Reported
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Componentssolar PV park, hydrogen electrolyser, gas compression system, hydrogen storage/trailersConfidence: Reported
Source: UK Green Hydrogen available NOW
Source: UK Green Hydrogen available NOW
Configuration DetailCo-located renewable electricity generation supplies an electrolyser; hydrogen is compressed for trailersConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Final UseMCP and MEGC trailers, local businesses and transport operators, hydrogen-powered buses and fuel-cell demonstrationsConfidence: Reported
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
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Power Sourcesolar PV, landfill-gas-generated electricityConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Productgreen hydrogenConfidence: Reported
Source: UK Green Hydrogen available NOW
Source: UK Green Hydrogen available NOW
Project Typegreen hydrogen production facilityConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2
Source: Dorset Green H2
Technologyalkaline electrolyserConfidence: Reported
Source: UK Green Hydrogen available NOW
Source: UK Green Hydrogen available NOW
Project Scale and Economics
Financing£6.5 million package including £3m Growing Places Fund loan, £1.5m Low Carbon Dorset grant, £1.7m NatWest loan, and CRE equityConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2
Source: Dorset Green H2
Production VolumePeriod: year; Quantity: 120,000Confidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Project Lifecycle and Change
Actual Utilizationon-site hydrogen used for buses, generator demonstrations, fuel-cell testing, and trailer/refuelling commissioningConfidence: Reported
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Eventsolar park energised October 2022; hydrogen project fully operational 28 April 2025Confidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Lifecycle Stagefully operationalConfidence: Reported
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Operating Levelcommercially operationalConfidence: Reported
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
Source: Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational
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Phase Sequenceinitial facility followed by a consented second electrolyser expansionConfidence: Reported
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Source: Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy
Sources
| Source | Type | Publisher | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset Green H2 – South West’s first solar to green hydrogen production plant ready to produce clean, zero emission, green renewable energy | Original source | Canford Renewable Energy | |
| Canford Renewable Energy Announces Dorset Green Hydrogen Project Fully Operational | Original source | Canford Renewable Energy | |
| UK Green Hydrogen available NOW | Original source | Canford Renewable Energy | |
| Dorset Green H2 | Original source | Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership |