Denmark

Herning CHP — 88 MW Biomass

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Herning CHP is a 88 MW biomass power plant located in Denmark. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
88 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner
DONG Energy (now Ørsted)

Operator

Location
56.12, 9.01

Coordinates

Insights

#19
largest in %s
#90
largest %s worldwide
#10,818
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
5
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
88 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
DONG Energy (now Ørsted)
Country
Denmark
Coordinates
56.121, 9.007

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
115,247 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.9M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

25,054
cars / year
15,366
homes / year
5.2M
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Herning CHP is an 88 MW biomass power plant in Denmark, commissioned in 2009.

Ranked #1 of 1 biomass plants in Denmark. Its 88 MW constitutes 100% of Denmark’s biomass capacity, which totals 88 MW. The largest biomass plant in Denmark is also Herning CHP at 88 MW.

Within 50 km, the nearest plant is Vandel (50.4 MW, Solar). The facility is located in the Central Denmark Region, approximately 30 km northwest of Aarhus.

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