Yorkshire Energy Park, on the site of the former Hedon Aerodrome, to the east of Hull, is set to focus on renewable energy, battery storage, state-of-the-art digital infrastructure and research and development. The proposal, for land allocated to the wider Humber Freeport scheme, was approved by Hull City Council’s ruling cabinet. Coun Paul Drake-Davis, the council’s portfolio holder for regeneration, said: “This decision will provide significant opportunities at the Yorkshire Energy Park.
The agreement would also see a regional centre of engineering excellence, training and higher education created in partnership with the University of Lincoln. A new power station is set to be built to provide energy to the site’s users. The Energy Park is also expected to support the creation of a new district heat network for Hull using waste energy from the Saltend Chemicals Park.