Ensted Power Station Explained

Ensted Power Station
Location Map Caption:Location of Ensted Power Station in Denmark
Country:Denmark
Location:Aabenraa
Coordinates:55.0207°N 9.4421°W
Owner:DONG Energy
Status:Closed
Th Fuel Primary:Coal
Th Fuel Tertiary:Biomass
Ps Electrical Capacity:626 MW
Ps Annual Generation:2,782 GWh (electricity 2006)
968 TJ (district heating 2006)
Commissioned:1979

The Ensted Power Station (also known as the Aabenraa Power Station) (Danish: Enstedværket) was a thermal power plant in Aabenraa, Denmark. The power station was fueled by coal, straw and woodchips. It is operated by DONG Energy.

The power station had two units, which went in service in 1969 and 1977. The older unit, which was in 1997 transformed in a combined gas- and steam-turbine plant, has a total height from with its chimney on the roof. The chimney of the other unit is tall. Coal is delivered to the power station by ship. The harbour of the power plant is with a depth of the deepest of Denmark.

It was permanently closed in 2013 and demolished in 2019.

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