Amager power station

Amager power station is a retired 333-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Hovedstaden, Denmark. As of 2020, it burns biomass.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the power station in Copenhagen.

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Background

The power station originally consisted of three coal-burning units. The 70 MW unit 1 was commissioned in 1971, and the 263 MW unit 3 commissioned in 1989. Unit 2, a 91 MW unit, was retired in 2010. Unit 1 was taken offline in 2004 and converted to burn wood pellets in 2010. Unit 3 burns coal, and will be converted to biomass in 2019. Unit 1 can also use coal if wood is unavailable, and both blocks can use oil to start-up and back-up.

Unit 3 was retired in 2020, and a new biomass-fired power plant block AMV4 was commissioned.

Project Details

• Sponsor: HOFOR
• Parent company:
• Developer:
• Location: København (Copenhagen), Amager Øst, København, Hovedstaden
• Coordinates: 55.686777, 12.627702 (exact)
• Status: Retired
• Capacity: 333 MW (Unit 1: 70 MW, Unit 3: 263 MW)
• Type: Subcritical
• Start date: 1971 (Unit 1), 1972 (Unit 2), 1989 (Unit 3)
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Coal Source:
• Source of financing:

Resources and articles

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• Denmark and coal