Power plant · Central Denmark, Denmark
Herning Power Station
Herning Power Station is a biomass power plant in Central Denmark, Denmark, with 88 MW of capacity, operated by Ørsted.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Central Denmark | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ørsted | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 88 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.1213, 9.0069 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Herning Power Station is the 4th-largest of 5 power plants in Central Denmark and the 25th-largest of 31 in Denmark by capacity; its 88 MW is 0.93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Denmark | 4th of 5 | 1,015 MW | 8.7% |
| Denmark | 25th of 31 | 9,487 MW | 0.93% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,762nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herning Syd Vest 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Simmelkær 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Sdr Felding 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
More from Ørsted
- Hornsea 32,955 MW · under construction
- Hornsea 42,400 MW · permitted
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Avedøre Power Station806 MW
- Walney 3659 MW
- Ensted Power Station626 MW
- Kyndby power station404 MW
Other power plants in Central Denmark
- Anholt Offshore Wind Farm400 MW
- Studstrup Power Station362 MW
- Silkeborg power station108 MW
- Viborg Power Station57 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Energinet capacity map (Energi Data Service). Energinet capacity map (Energi Data Service), Energi Data Service terms.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.