Waste-to-Energy Plants in Denmark

Amager Location: Kobenhavn Operator: Amagerforbrænding Configuration: 1 X 18.1 MW, 1 X 8.5 MW CHP Operation: 1991-2001 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: Volund T/G supplier: B+V EPC: Ansaldo Quick facts: Amager is owned by a consortium of five municipalities in the Copenhagen area. Photograph courtesy of Amagerforbrænding Posted 6 Feb 2013	Århus Nord Location: South Jutland Operator: Affaldvarme Århus Configuration: 1 X10.6 MW, 1 X 10.8 MW CHP Operation: 1994-2002 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: Kruger, Aalborg, Fisia T/G supplier: Allen, B+V, Peebles, LDW EPC: COWI, Dong Energy Quick facts: As MSW production was exceeding combustion and handling capacity, Århus municipality tendered for an extension to the existing WTE plant. In Aug 1999, COWI, Bruun & Sørensen Group, and architects Friis & Moltke won the competition subsequently designed and procured the project. In Apr 2009, Götaverken installed its ADIOX scrubber condensers on the second unit. This extracts an additional 3 MW of heat from the incineration process. Photograph courtesy of Affaldvarme Århus Posted 15 Jul 2009	AVV Location: North Jutland Operator: AVV I/S Configuration: 1 X 4.6 MW Operation: 1999 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: FLS T/G supplier: ABB Stal EPC: FLS Quick facts: Formed in 1988, AVV is the regional waste company of western Vendsyssel and handles refuse from five municipalities Brønderslev, Hirtshals, Hjørring, Løkken-Vrå and Sindal. Photograph courtesy of AVV A/S Posted 1 Mar 2006
Esbjerg Location: Denmark Operator: L90 Configuration: 1 X 18 MW Operation: 2003 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: Volund T/G supplier: B+V EPC: B+V Industrietechnik GmbH, Friis & Moltke Quick facts: Madevj is owned by a consortium of municipalities in Western Jutland. Photograph courtesy of Friis & Moltke A/S Posted 5 Jul 2004	Frederikshavn Location: North Jutland Operator: Dong Energy A/S Configuration: 1 X 2.5 MW Operation: 1994 Fuel: refuse, wood Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: Peter Brotherhood EPC: Elsam Photograph courtesy of Elsam A/S Posted 13 Aug 2004	Haderslev Location: Denmark Operator: Dong Energy A/S Configuration: 1 X 5.8 MW Operation: 1993 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: Kruger T/G supplier: ?? EPC: Elsam Photograph courtesy of Elsam A/S Posted 13 Aug 2004
Nordforbrænding Location: Denmark Operator: I/S Nordforbrænding Configuration: 1 X 8.9 MW Operation: 2000 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: ABB Photograph courtesy of I/S Nordforbrænding Posted 27 Oct 2004	Odense Location: Denmark Operator: Dong Energy A/S Configuration: 1 X 12 MW, 1 X 17 MW Operation: 1996-2000 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: FLS, Steinmuller T/G supplier: Siemens, ABB EPC: Elsam Photograph courtesy of Elsam A/S Posted 14 Aug 2004	REFA Location: Denmark Operator: I/S REFA Configuration: 1 X 6.7 MW Operation: 1996 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: Volund T/G supplier: W H Allen, Peebles Photograph courtesy of I/S REFA Posted 30 Oct 2004
Vejen Location: Denmark Operator: Dong Energy A/S Configuration: 1 X 2.5 MW Operation: 1990 Fuel: refuse, straw Boiler supplier: Volund T/G supplier: B+V Photograph courtesy of Elsam A/S Posted 14 Aug 2004		Vestforbrænding Location: Denmark Operator: I/S Vestforbrænding Configuration: 1 X 17 MW, 1 X 20 MW Operation: 1998-2005 Fuel: refuse Boiler supplier: Volund T/G supplier: Allen EPC: Elsam Quick facts: Vestforbrænding is the largest WTE plant in Denmark with a throughput of about 700,000 tpy of MSW.  Originally, the plant only supplied heat to the Copenhagen system but T/G sets were retrofit. Photograph courtesy of I/S Vestforbrænding Posted 27 Oct 2004

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