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Our heat and power plants

Highly efficient electricity and district heating production.

Our six combined heat and power (CHP) plants, one heat plant, and one peak load power plant make a vital contribution to Denmark’s electricity and district heating grids. Whether running on sustainable biomass or natural gas, they use the latest technology to operate as efficiently as possible with a minimal environmental impact.

Meanwhile in the UK, our Renescience waste-to-energy plant uses household waste to produce electricity and materials that can be used in manufacturing, construction, and land restoration.

Read on to find out more details about each of these plants.
Danish combined heat and power plants
  • Avedøre

    Location: Hvidovre municipality, south of Copenhagen

    Power-generating capacity: 806 MW

    Heat-generating capacity: 953 MJ/s

    Main fuels: Sustainable wood pellets, straw

    Secondary fuels: Natural gas, oil

    In operation since: 1990

    Biomass conversion: 2014 (Avedøre unit 2); 2016 (Avedøre unit 1)   

    Avedøre Combined Heat and Power Plant, located south of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Asnæs

    Location: Kalundborg, Zealand

    Power-generating capacity: 26 MW

    Heat-generating capacity: 125 MJ/s

    Main fuels: Sustainable wood chips, gas oil

    In operation since: 1959

    Biomass unit added: 2019

    Asnæs Combined Heat and Power Plant, located in Zealand, Denmark.
  • H.C. Ørsted

    Location: Sydhavnen, Copenhagen

    Power-generating capacity: 21 MW

    Heat-generating capacity: 292 MJ/s

    Fuel: Natural gas

    In operation since: 1920

    Converted from coal into natural gas in: 1985

    Herning Combined Heat and Power Plant, located in Central Jutland, Denmark.
  • Herning

    Location: Central Jutland

    Power-generating capacity: 88 MW

    Heat-generating capacity: 191 MJ/s

    Main fuels: Sustainable wood chips, sustainable wood pellets

    Secondary fuel: Natural gas

    In operation since: 1982

    Biomass conversion: 2009

    Herning Combined Heat and Power Plant, located in Central Jutland, Denmark.
  • Skærbæk

    Location: Kolding Fjord, southern Jutland

    Power-generating capacity: 390 MW

    Heat-generating capacity: 579 MJ/s

    Fuel: Sustainable wood chips

    Secondary fuel: Natural gas, gas oil

    In operation since: 1951

    Biomass conversion: 2017

    Skærbæk Combined Heat and Power Plant, located in South Jutland, Denmark.
  • Studstrup

    Location: Aarhus municipality, east coast of Jutland

    Power-generating capacity: 362 MW

    Heat-generating capacity: 513 MJ/s

    Fuel: Sustainable wood pellets, straw, fuel oil

    In operation since: 1968

    Biomass conversion: 2016

    Studstrup Combined Heat and Power Plant, located on the east coast of Jutland, Denmark.
Danish heat plant
  • Svanemølle

    Location: Nordhavn, Copenhagen

    Heat-generating capacity: 256 MJ/s

    Fuel: Natural gas

    In operation since: 1953

    Converted from coal into oil and gas in 1994, and to gas alone in 2014

    Svanemøllen Combined Heat and Power Plant, located i Copenhagen, Denmark.
Danish peak load power plant
  • Kyndby

    Location: Hornsherred, Zealand

    Power-generating capacity: 404 MW

    Fuels: Gas oil

    In operation since: 1940

    Kyndby Peak Load Plant, located in Zealand, Denmark.
UK waste-to-energy plant
  • Renescience Northwich

    Location: Northwich, Cheshire, northwest England

    Power-generating capacity: 3 MW

    Waste-processing capacity: 80,000 tonnes per year

    Materials produced: recycled metals and plastics, inerts and gravel, digestate

    In operation since: 2020

Ørsted awarded contract – will capture and store 430,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2

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