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Recycling of waste to material
World-class waste-to-energy facility in Copenhagen
Amager Bakke will be a world-class flagship facility from an environmental, energy efficiency and architectural point of view.
Amager Bakke will replace Amagerforbrænding's existing facility, which for more than 40 years has recovered electricity and heat from waste produced in and around Copenhagen.
This €470 million project will be one of the largest waste-to-energy facilities in Northern Europe to be built in one step. Ramboll’s waste-to-energy team has been working for Amagerforbrænding on this project since 2009 with, inter alia, comprehensive technical and environmental assessments and procurement of the total electro-mechanical process plant.
The plant will have an electrical efficiency of around 25% and a total efficiency of 107% (based on lower calorific value) as the plant will deliver heat to the integrated district heating system in the Copenhagen Region and be equipped with flue gas condensation. The low return temperature from the efficient building heating systems will via the distribution networks of Copenhagen Energy and CTR condensate the wet fluegas and extract thermal energy, which else would be wasted.
Ski slope on the roof
For Ramboll the City Council’s decision to proceed with the project means that over the next four years we will be assisting Amagerforbrænding in the implementation of this significant and exciting project.
The project is known by many people all over the world for being the waste-to-energy facility with a “ski slope” on the roof – an idea created by the Danish architect group BIG.
Inspiration for other countries
This plant can inspire other countries, which still dump the waste at landfills or locate waste-to-energy power-only plants far from heat markets.
The architectural design and the excellent environmental protection make the plant more acceptable for the public, not least as it is located in a district dedicated for energy and environmental infrastructure. It is in one of the two "smart back yards" of Copenhagen.
Thereby the plant and the district heating system demonstrates the basic idea of the EU Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive, as the waste heat and electricity from the CHP plant can be delivered to homes all over Greater Copenhagen via the grids.
Contact
Inger Anette Søndergaard
Head of Department
Phone +45 51618683
E-mail [email protected]
Picture: Architects group BIG
