Fyn Power Station

The useful life of a generating unit is about 30 to 45 years, and the first units at Fyn Power Station from the 1950s and 1960s therefore no longer exist. Today Fyn Power Station has two coal-fired plants, Unit 3 from 1974 and Unit 7 from 1991. In addition, it comprises the waste-fired Odense CHP Plant, built in 1997 and most recently expanded in 2000. On top of this, a new straw-fired unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2009.
 

The two large-scale plant units at Fyn Power Station burn about 800,000 tonnes of coal annually, most of which is brought to the power station on coal barges. Consumption of natural gas depends on supply and price, which vary substantially. 
 

Ever since 1953, district heat generation has accounted for a very considerable part of Fyn Power Station’s total energy production. Since 1982 the district heating network has been extended on various occasions, and district heat is now supplied to many towns on Funen and for heating the greenhouses of many market gardens. Today more than 85,000 households and about 7,000 institutions and companies are supplied with district heat. Fyn Power Station supplies more than 98 % of the total district heat available in the heat network.
 

Vattenfall has decided to take the lead in the fight against global warming – for instance by replacing part of the coal consumption with biofuels. Fyn Power Station is building a new straw-fired CHP plant for the combustion of 170,000 tonnes of straw annually. The straw-fired plant is being constructed as a separate facility, which – at a very high efficiency – can operate independently of the other plants at Fyn Power Station. The boiler is designed for burning different types of biomass, but will initially be used exclusively for straw. The environment will be the ultimate winner when the plant is commissioned. The straw is going to replace about 100,000 tonnes of coal and, as a result, reduce CO2 emissions by about 245,000 tonnes a year. The plant is expected to go into operation in the spring of 2009.