Amager Bakke
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Country | Denmark |
Location | Amager, in Copenhagen |
Coordinates | 55°41′4″N 12°37′12″E / 55.68444°N 12.62000°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 2013 |
Commission date | 30 March 2017 |
Construction cost | $670 million |
Owner(s) | Amager Ressource center |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Municipal solid waste |
Combined cycle? | Yes |
Cogeneration? | 190 MW |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 57 MW |
External links | |
Website | www |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Amager Bakke (Amager Hill) also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant and sports facility in Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] It opened in 2017,[2] and partially replaced the nearby old incineration plant in Amager,[3] which is in the process of being converted from coal to biomass (expected finished 2020).[4] The two plants play a major role in Copenhagen's ambitions of being zero carbon by 2025.[4]
Construction and technicalities
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The plant opened on 30 March 2017.[2] It is estimated to cost $670 million,[5] and is expected to burn 400,000 tons of municipal solid waste annually. It also houses a sports facility designed by Bjarke Ingels Group with an 85 m (279 ft) tall sloped roof that doubles as year-round artificial ski slope, hiking slope and climbing wall, which opened to the public October 4–6, 2019.[2][6][7][8] Technically, it is designed to change between operating modes, producing 0-63 MW electricity and 157-247 MW district heating, depending on the local heat demand and power price. It produces more clean water than it uses. Because of filtration and other technologies, sulphur emission is expected to be reduced by 99.5% and NOx by about 95% as well as dioxins and HCl[9][10] and it is claimed to be the cleanest incineration plant in the world.[4]
A special feature of this facility will be that the chimney is intended to not emit its exhaust continuously, but instead in the form of "smoke" rings (consisting of water vapour rather than actual smoke).[3]
Operational history
On September 7, 2018 all waste treatment and energy production was stopped for 17 days to fix a design flaw in the compensators of the low pressure steam system.[11]
References
- ^ Staff, C. N. N. "Green buildings: 18 examples of sustainable architecture around the world". CNN. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ a b c Serup, M. (30 March 2017). Skidt, skrald og æggebakker indvier Amager Bakke. TV2-Lorry. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b Frearson, A. (25 February 2015). Video reveals trial of smoke-ring-blowing chimney for BIG's Copenhagen power plant. Dezeen. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Slavin, T. (26 October 2016). An incinerator with a view: Copenhagen waste plant gets ski slope and picnic area. The Guardian. 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Fejl i rør omkring forbrændingsovnene til Amager Bakke". Ingeniøren. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ Powder Plan; Skiing an incinerator by Biz Carson Wired (magazine) November 2013 page 58
- ^ "Waste-to-energy Plant Amager Bakke, Copenhagen, Denmark, Plant fact sheet". Babcock Wilcox Volund.
- ^ Høgsholt, D. (19 January 2017). Danmarks største kunstige skibakke er under opførelse - i København. TV2. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Copenhill - Amager Ressourcecenter". www.a-r-c.dk. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ Vølund: ARC, Copenhill / Amager Bakke, Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Andersen, Louise Holst (11 September 2018). "Amager Bakke stopper energiproduktionen på grund af fejl". Ingeniøren (in Danish). Retrieved 11 September 2018.