Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Denmark & Sweden

 

 

 

Herning
Location:
Denmark
Operator: Elsam A/S
Configuration: 1 X 89 MW
Operation: 1982
Fuel: natural gas, wood
Boiler supplier: Burmeister & Wain
T/G supplier: BBC

Photograph courtesy of Elsam A/S
Posted 4 Jan 2003

HC Orsted
Location:
Denmark
Operator: Energi E2
Configuration: 1 X 39 MW, 1 X 94 MW
Operation: 1962-1985
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Steinmuller, Aalborg,  Burmeister & Wain
T/G supplier: Skoda, Siemens

Photograph courtesy of Energi E2
Posted 9 Mar 2002

Karlshamn
Location:
Sweden
Operator: Vattenfall
Configuration: 3 X 340 MW
Operation: 1969-1973
Fuel: heavy oil, light oil
Boiler supplier: Svenska Maskinverken
T/G supplier: BBC

Photograph courtesy of Karlshamn Kraft AB
Posted 18 Apr 2002

 

 

Kyndby
Location:
Denmark
Operator: Energi E2
Configuration: 2 X 275 MW, 2 X 63-MW GT13
Operation: 1972-1976
Fuel: heavy oil, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Burmeister & Wain
T/G supplier: BBC

Photograph courtesy of Energi E2
Posted 13 Jan 2002

Skaerbaek
Location:
Denmark
Operator: Elsam A/S
Configuration: 1 X 269 MW, 1 X 414 MW
Operation: 1971-1997
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Burmeister & Wain
T/G supplier: BBC, MAN, GEC-Alstom
Quick facts:
Unit-21 is oil-fired, subcritical and deactivated. Unit-31 is gas-fired and supercritical.

Photograph courtesy of Elsam A/S
Posted 4 Jan 2003

Stenungsund
Location:
Sweden
Operator: Vattenfall
Configuration: 2 X 160 MW, 2 X 260 MW
Operation: 1959-1969
Fuel: light fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Svenska Maskinverken
T/G supplier: Stal, ASEA
Quick facts: This unique plant is built underground with only the stacks visible. It is in long-term lay-up.

Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall
Posted 22 Nov 2004

Vasteras
Location:
Sweden
Operator: Vattenfall
Configuration: 1 X 7 MW, 1 X 27MW, 2 X 14 MW, 1 X 50 MW, 2 X 65 MW CHP
Operation: 1917-1951 (ret 1992)
Fuel: coal, oil
Boiler supplier: Vattenfall, Motala
T/G supplier: De Laval, STAL, ASEA
EPC: Vattenfall
Quick facts: This plant was built by Vattenfallsverk and operated regularly until 1982 when it was laid up. No 11 and 12 tower boilers at Vasteras were the world's largest at completion in the late 1930s. The plant structure is to be re-used by current owner Peab AB for a leisure and entertainment center. The interiors are largely intact and the subject of an ongoing industrial preservation effort.

Photograph and copyright by John Eklund (www.elmuseum.se)
Posted 4 Feb 2006

Abbreviations: BBC = Brown Boveri, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 02/11/07

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