Power plant · Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

H. C. Ørsted Power Station

H. C. Ørsted Power Station is a coal power plant in Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark, with 21 MW of capacity, operated by Ørsted.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Capital Region of Denmark	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1920	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Ørsted	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	21 MW	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Hard coal	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural gas	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	55.6568, 12.5570	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

H. C. Ørsted Power Station is the 5th-largest of 5 power plants in Capital Region of Denmark and the 29th-largest of 31 in Denmark by capacity; its 21 MW is 0.22% of the 9,487 MW we hold for Denmark. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Capital Region of Denmark	5th of 5	1,516 MW	1.4%
Denmark	29th of 31	9,487 MW	0.22%
All power plants in our data	6,509th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 44 substations, 16 data centers and 2 CO2 emitters (361,073 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
H. C. Ørsted Værket 132 kV	Substation	—	—	0.1 km
Amager kbst 132 kV	Substation	—	—	3.7 km
Vigerslev kbst 132 kV	Substation	—	—	3.9 km
DigiPlex data center, Capital Region of Denmark	Data center	—	—	4.3 km
Kolo DK5 Copenhagen	Data center	—	—	5.5 km
Data center, Capital Region of Denmark (OSM way 147737893)	Data center	—	—	9.5 km
VF Affaldsenergi A/S	CO2 emitter	201,787 tCO2e	—	10 km
Syd Arne feltet	CO2 emitter	159,286 tCO2e	—	16 km

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Data on this page

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