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.

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.

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

QHSE Terms and Conditions for Ørsted Bioenergy & Thermal Power A/S